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A black mouse mates with a brown mouse, and all the offsprings are back.
(a) Why are no brown offsprings produced ?
(b) If two of the black offpsrings mate with each other what kind of offspring would you expect and in what proportions ? Give reason for your answer.

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(a) Because black colour genes are dominant over brown colour genes (b) Three black mice and one brown mouse will be obtained in `F_(2)` generation ; It is a monohybrid cross
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