Question
A two-gene pair heterozygous hybrid can produce double recessive homozygous individuals in how many combinations within a population of sixteen individuals?
Solution
A two-gene heterozygous cross (AaBb × AaBb) can produce only one combination that is aabb (double recessive), hence one out of sixteen.
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