Question

Smurfs live in widely separated groups and rarely interbreed, so geneticists know very little about them. On one occasion, two smurfs from different groups did mate. A big-footed, white smurf mated with a small-footed, blue smurf. Three offspring resulted: one big-footed and blue and two small-footed and blue.Which statement about the inheritance of color in smurfs is most likely to be correct?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The most correct statement would be that the blue color is dominant over the white color.

According to Mendelian law, when there are two different versions of the same gene/trait in which one is dominant and the other is recessive, the dominant version will be expressed while the recessive version only stays in the background.

In this case, the alternate versions of the same trait in the smurf are the white and blue colors. When they are mixed together in the offspring, the blue color is expressed and the white color stays in the background. It means the blue color is dominant over the white color.