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Carbon Copy would have both black and orange patches on a black background (tort

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Question

Carbon Copy would have both black and orange patches on a black background (tortoiseshell cat).

ovarian cell used to clone her is XOXo because she is a calico cat. Recall that the X-linked O allele (orange) is dominant to the o allele (black). We will assume that for her autosomal gene that controls whether she is a calico cat or a tortoiseshell cat, Rainbow is SS (homozygous).

Make a prediction about the phenotype of Carbon Copy (Rainbow’s clone), if the following two things were true:

1) the ovarian cell from Cat has the X chromosome carrying the O(orange) allele inactivated

2) during the cloning process,when Cat's clone is developing as an embryo in the

surrogate mother, the X chromosomes DOES NOT undergo the normal X inactivation process (as if

the clone were developing from a newly fertilized egg).

Select the best prediction from the following six options:

1. Carbon Copy would have black patches only on a white background.

2. Carbon Copy would have black patches only on a black background.

3. Carbon Copy would have orange patches only on a white background.

4. Carbon Copy would have orange patches only on a black background.

5. Carbon Copy would have both black and orange patches on a white background (calico cat)

6. Carbon Copy would have both black and orange patches on a black background (tortoiseshell cat).

ALSO, How would it be possible to get:

Carbon Copy would have both black and orange patches on a black background (tortoiseshell cat).

Explanation / Answer

Answer:- option 2

Exp:- Carbon Copy would have black patches only on a black background.