5 A pair of dominant alleles influence coat color in cattle

Last updated: 11/16/2023

5 A pair of dominant alleles influence coat color in cattle wherein homozygotes for one allele have red coats homozygotes for the other allele have white coats and heterozygotes have roan coats that are produced by an intermix of both red and white hairs Suppose that you start with a herd of 20 red cows 40 roan cows 20 white cows one red bull two roan bulls and one white bull How you would manage your herd to achieve the following goals you can choose which bulls will mate with which cows a Maximize the number of roan calves produced Could you achieve 100 b Minimize the number of roan calves produced Could you achieve 0 c Produce only roan and red calves