Question 68

(Multiple Choice)

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Skin colour in a certain species of fish is inherited via a single gene with four different alleles.
-One fish of this type has alleles 1 and 3 (S₁S₃)and its mate has alleles 2 and 4 (S₂S₄).If each allele confers a unit of colour darkness such that S₁ has one unit,S₂ has two units,and so on,then what proportion of their offspring would be expected to have five units of colour?


A)1/4
B)1/5
C)1/8
D)1/2
E)0

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