a rooster with grey feathers is crossed with a hen of the same phenotype. they produce 15 chicks with grey feathers, 7 chicks with black feathers, and 8 chicks with white feathers. what is the simplest explanation for this inheritance pattern?

The simplest explanation for this inheritance pattern is that the rooster and the hen are both heterozygous for the gene that controls feather color and they are both carrying one dominant allele for grey feathers and one recessive allele for black or white feathers.

Phenotype refers to the observable physical and physiological characteristics of an organism, which are determined by the combination of its genetic makeup (genotype) and the environment. Phenotype is the physical appearance of the organism which we can observe and measure, it can be shape, size, color, etc.

When rooster and hen cross, the dominant allele for grey feathers masks the expression of the recessive alleles, so all of the offspring appear grey. However, when the offspring inherit one dominant allele and one recessive allele from each parent, the recessive alleles are able to express their phenotype in a ratio of 7 black feathers: 8 white feathers offspring.

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