Question

1. a breeder wants to mate a male himalayan rabbit with a female to produce only himalayan offspring. what phenotype should the female be?
2. if you breed a black full color rabbit with any other rabbit shown in this chart, what color will the offspring display?

full color: $cc$, $cc^{ch}$, $cc^h$, or $cc$
chinchilla: $c^{ch}c$, $c^{ch}c^{ch}$, or $c^{ch}c$
himalayan: $c^hc$ or $c^hc^h$
albino: $cc$

Explanation:

Step1: Solve Q3: Define Himalayan genotype

Himalayan rabbits have genotypes $c^hc$ or $c^hc^h$. To produce only Himalayan offspring, all offspring must inherit at least one $c^h$ allele from the female, and no dominant alleles (which would produce full color) or $c^{ch}$ (which would produce chinchilla). An albino female (genotype $cc$) cannot pass $c^h$, so only a Himalayan female ($c^hc$ or $c^hc^h$) will ensure every offspring gets either $c^h$ or $c$ paired with the male's $c^h$, resulting in only Himalayan phenotypes.

Step2: Solve Q4: Define full color genotype

Black full color rabbits have a dominant $C$ allele (genotypes $CC$, $Cc^{ch}$, $Cc^h$, or $Cc$). The $C$ allele is completely dominant over $c^{ch}$, $c^h$, and $c$. When bred with any other rabbit (chinchilla, Himalayan, albino), every offspring will inherit at least one $C$ allele from the full color parent, resulting in full (black) color phenotype.

Answer:

1. Himalayan
2. Full (black) color