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two chickens are mated and most of the offspring are checkered, but some are black and some are white. what was the most likely phenotype of the parents? BB=black Bb/BW=checkered bb/WW=white

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They were most likely both checkered (heterozygous).

If B = black allele and W = white allele, checkered = BW. Crossing BW × BW gives the genotypes: BB (black) : BW (checkered) : WW (white) in a 1:2:1 ratio → 25% black, 50% checkered, 25% white, so most offspring are checkered.