Question

a students cat gave birth to a litter of kittens. the student noticed that one of the kittens had brown fur and one of the kittens had white fur. which of the following best explains how two kittens in the same litter can have different fur colors?
a the brown kitten and the white kitten must have different sets of parents.
b the brown kitten has a different number of chromosomes than the white kitten.
c the brown kitten and the white kitten inherited combinations of chromosomes with different genes for the two fur colors.
d the brown kitten and the white kitten have the same combination of the genes for fur color.

Explanation:

Genes determine traits like fur color. Different gene combinations (alleles) lead to different fur colors. If two kittens in the same litter have different fur colors, it means they inherited different combinations of genes (alleles) for fur color from their parents.

Answer:

C. The brown kitten and the white kitten inherited combinations of chromosomes with different genes for the two fur colors.