If a homozygous white horse CWCW and a homozygous black horse CBCB are bred together, what is the likelihood that their offspring will be roan with both colors represented in their hair if this gene follows a codominant inheritance pattern?(1 point)

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Answer 1

In codominant inheritance, both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the offspring. In this case, if a homozygous white horse (CWCW) is bred with a homozygous black horse (CBCB), the offspring will inherit one allele from each parent.

Given the genotypes:

• White horse: CWCW
• Black horse: CBCB

The possible offspring genotype will be:

• All offspring will be CWCBCW (since they receive one allele from each parent).

In this case, the offspring would express the roan phenotype, where both white and black colors are represented in their hair due to codominance of the C and B alleles.

Thus, the likelihood that their offspring will be roan with both colors represented in their hair is 100%.