Holt Modern Biology 1st Edition by John Postlethwait ,Janet Hopson

Exercise 15

Analyzing Concepts The offspring of two short-tailed cats have a 25 percent chance of having no tail, a 25 percent chance of having a long tail, and a 50 percent chance of having a short tail. Using this information, what can you hypothesize about the genotypes of the parents and the way in which tail length is inherited?