Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Monohybrid inheritance

Monohybrid inheritance — practice question

A brown mouse is crossed with a white mouse. In the first set of offspring, there are 8 brown mice and 9 white mice. The same pair is then crossed again. In the second set of offspring, there are 9 brown mice and 7 white mice. What are the parents’ genotypes most likely to be?

  • Aheterozygous \times heterozygous
  • Bhomozygous dominant \times heterozygous
  • Chomozygous dominant \times homozygous recessive
  • Dhomozygous recessive \times heterozygous

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