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If you cross a roan cow with a roan bull, what percentage of the progeny would you expect to be roan?

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10%
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25%
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50%
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75%
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Solution

The correct option is C 50%
Roan coat colour in shorthorn cattle is a co-dominant trait in which the roan cattle are heterozygous for the coat colour gene (WR).
When roan cattle are crossed,
WRWWWWR(White coat)(Roan coat)RWRRR(Roan coat)(Red coat)
50% of the progeny would be of roan coat colour (WR)

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