In a species of tropical fish, a colorful orange andblack variety called montezuma occurs. When twomontezumas are crossed, 2/3 of the progeny are montezuma and 1/3 are the wild-type, dark grayish greencolor. Montezuma is a single-gene trait, and montezuma fish are never true-breeding.a. Explain the inheritance pattern seen here and showhow your explanation accounts for the phenotypicratios given.b. In this same species, the morphology of the dorsalfin is altered from normal to ruffled by homozygosity for a recessive allele designated f. What progenywould you expect to obtain, and in what proportions, from the cross of a montezuma fish homozygous for normal fins to a green, ruffled fish?c. What phenotypic ratios of progeny would be expected from the crossing of two of the montezumaprogeny from part (b)?

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In a species of tropical fish, a colorful orange and
black variety called montezuma occurs. When two
montezumas are crossed, 2/3 of the progeny are montezuma and 1/3 are the wild-type, dark grayish green
color. Montezuma is a single-gene trait, and montezuma fish are never true-breeding.
a. Explain the inheritance pattern seen here and show
how your explanation accounts for the phenotypic
ratios given.
b. In this same species, the morphology of the dorsal
fin is altered from normal to ruffled by homozygosity for a recessive allele designated f. What progeny
would you expect to obtain, and in what proportions, from the cross of a montezuma fish homozygous for normal fins to a green, ruffled fish?
c. What phenotypic ratios of progeny would be expected from the crossing of two of the montezuma
progeny from part (b)?

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