Question

In cats, the gene for ear length has two alleles. A tall ear is dominant to a short ear. If a tall-eared cat that is heterozygous mates with a short-eared cat, what are the chances of having offspring with short ears?(1 point)
Responses

25%
25%

50%
50%

30%
30%

100%
100%

Answer 1

50%

Explanation: T = tall (dominant), t = short (recessive). Cross Tt × tt gives offspring Tt and tt in a 1:1 ratio, so 50% will have short ears (tt).