Imagine you have two pure-breeding lines of canaries, one with yellow feathers and the other with brown feathers. In crosses between these two strains, yellow female x brown male gives only brown sons and daughters, while brown female x yellow male gives only brown sons and yellow daughters. Propose a hypothesis to explain these results.

Respuesta :

Answer:

The results can be explained if the gene that determines color of feathers is located in the Z chromosome.

Explanation:

Unlike mammals that have X and Y sex chromosomes, birds have Z and W sex chromosomes. Females are ZW and males are ZZ.

The gene that determines color of feathers has the alleles:

B_ = brown color

bb = yellow color.

1st cross

yellow female  x   brown male

♀️ [tex]Z^bW[/tex]   x  ♂️ [tex]Z^BZ^B[/tex]

Gametes

Female: [tex]Z^b[/tex] , [tex]W[/tex]

Male: [tex]Z^B[/tex]

F1    

  • [tex]Z^BZ^b[/tex] = brown males
  • [tex]Z^BW[/tex] = brown females

2nd cross

brown female   x   yellow male

♀️ [tex]Z^BW[/tex]   x  ♂️ [tex]Z^bZ^b[/tex]

Gametes

Female: [tex]Z^B[/tex] , [tex]W[/tex]

Male: [tex]Z^b[/tex]

F1    

  • [tex]Z^BZ^b[/tex] = brown males
  • [tex]Z^bW[/tex] = yellow females