Question

select the correct answer.
a chestnut - colored horse mates with a white - colored horse to produce a brown and white spotted offspring. what is the type of inheritance pattern?
a. codominance
b. incomplete dominance
c. polygenic
d. recessive
e. single gene dominant

Explanation:

Codominance occurs when both alleles of a gene are fully expressed in the phenotype of a heterozygous organism, resulting in the simultaneous appearance of both parental traits. In this case, the chestnut and white traits are both visible as spots in the offspring, which matches this pattern. Incomplete dominance would produce a blended trait (e.g., a uniform light brown), polygenic inheritance involves multiple genes for a trait, recessive inheritance requires two recessive alleles to show a trait, and single gene dominant would only show one dominant parental trait.

Answer:

A. codominance