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Congo Grey Parrots are an endangered species; they have grey feathers covering the
body, with deep red red tail feathers. An international conservation agency is
breeding these birds in an attempt to improve the population numbers. There are
100 parrots total, three of which have yellow tail feathers instead of the
characteristic red tail feathers (exhibited by the rest of the parrots).
What is the wild type tail color? What is the mutant tail color?
red is wild type, yellow is mutant
grey is wild type, red is mutant
yellow is wild type, red is mutant
O red is wild type, yellow is mutant
Transcribed Image Text:Congo Grey Parrots are an endangered species; they have grey feathers covering the body, with deep red red tail feathers. An international conservation agency is breeding these birds in an attempt to improve the population numbers. There are 100 parrots total, three of which have yellow tail feathers instead of the characteristic red tail feathers (exhibited by the rest of the parrots). What is the wild type tail color? What is the mutant tail color? red is wild type, yellow is mutant grey is wild type, red is mutant yellow is wild type, red is mutant O red is wild type, yellow is mutant
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