In unicorns, two autosomal loci interact to determine the type of tail. One locus controls whether a tail is present at all; the allele for a tail (T) is dominant over the allele for tailless (t). If a unicorn has a tail, then alleles at a second locus determine whether the tail is curly or straight. Farmer Baldridge has two unicorns with curly tails: when he crosses them, 12 of the progeny have curly tails, 14 have straight tails, and 14 do not have a tail. Give the genotypes of the parents and progeny in Farmer Baldridge’s cross. Explain how he obtained the 2 : 1 : 1 phenotypic ratio in his cross.

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Inheritance and Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain biological inheritance that follows the rules and principles laid down by Gregor Mendel in 1865. The initial hypothesis was considered wrong, but other inheritance theories modified the concept of inheritance and thus genetics.