Question 52

(Multiple Choice)

In horses,black coat color is influenced by the dominant allele (B),and chestnut coat color by the recessive allele (b).Trotting gait is due to a dominant gene (T),pacing gait to the recessive allele (t).Give the phenotype and genotype of the horse you would use in a testcross to determine the genotype of a black trotter.  


A) Black pacer, BB tt
B) Black trotter, BB TT
C) Chestnut trotter, Bb Tt
D) Chestnut pacer, bb tt
E) Chestnut pacer, Bb tt

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