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Rabbit Coat Color Genetics Lab

Coat color in rabbits is determined by multiple alleles, with four alleles that determine different coat colors: dark gray (C), chinchilla (cch), Himalayan (ch), and white (c). The document provides a table showing the phenotype and pattern of inheritance for each allele, and asks students to answer questions about predicting coat color phenotypes based on parental genotypes and offspring observed.

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Rabbit Coat Color Genetics Lab

Coat color in rabbits is determined by multiple alleles, with four alleles that determine different coat colors: dark gray (C), chinchilla (cch), Himalayan (ch), and white (c). The document provides a table showing the phenotype and pattern of inheritance for each allele, and asks students to answer questions about predicting coat color phenotypes based on parental genotypes and offspring observed.

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Problem Solving Lab Name____________

How is coat color in rabbits inherited? Coat color in rabbits is


inherited as a series of multiple alleles. This means that there can
be more than just 2 alleles for a single gene. In the case of coat
color in rabbits, there are four alleles, and each one is expressed
with a different phenotype.

Analysis
Examine the table below. Use this information to answer the
questions. Remember, each rabbit can only have 2 alleles fro coat
color.

Coat Color In Rabbits

Phenotype Allele Pattern of Inheritance


Dark gray coat C Dominant to all other alleles
Chinchilla cch Dominant to Himalayan and to white
Himalayan ch Dominant to white
White c Recessive
Thinking Critically

1. List all possible genotypes for a

a. dark gray coated rabbit

b. chinchilla rabbit

c. Himilayan rabbit

d. white rabbit

2. Predict the phenotype for a rabbit with a chcch genotype.


Explain.

3. Predict the phenotype for a rabbit with a Cch genotype.


Explain.

4. Would it be possible to obtain white rabbits if one parent is


white and the other is chinchilla? Explain.

5. Would it be possible to obtain chinchilla rabbits if one parent is


Himalayan and the other is white? Explain.

6. A chinchilla rabbit is mated with a Himalayan. Some offspring


are white. What are the parents’ genotypes?

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