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this passage describes the coat graying trait in horses:
your hair may turn gray or white as you grow older. some horses go through a similar process called coat graying as they age. these horses are usually a darker color, such as brown or black, when they are born. over time, the hairs of their coats lose their original color and become gray or white.
in a group of horses, some individuals have coat graying and others do not. in this group, the gene for the coat graying trait has two alleles. the allele for not having a graying coat (g) is recessive to the allele for having a graying coat (g).
dasher is a horse from this group. dasher has the homozygous genotype gg for the coat graying gene.
based on this information, what is dashers phenotype for the coat graying trait?
not having a graying coat having a graying coat
In genetics, the phenotype is the observable trait. Since the allele for not having a graying coat (\(g\)) is recessive and Dasher has the homozygous genotype \(gg\), the recessive trait will be expressed.
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