A father parakeet has blue chest feathers while a mother parakeet has green chest feathers. Which of these statements explains why their baby parakeet has blue chest feathers?
Responses
a
The baby parakeet inherited its copies of the gene for feather color from its father and not from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its feathers blue.
The baby parakeet inherited its copies of the gene for feather color from its father and not from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its feathers blue.
b
The baby parakeet inherited its copies of the gene for feather color from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its feathers blue.
The baby parakeet inherited its copies of the gene for feather color from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its feathers blue.
c
The baby parakeet inherited one copy of the gene for feather color from its father and one copy from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its feathers blue.
The baby parakeet inherited one copy of the gene for feather color from its father and one copy from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its feathers blue.
d
The baby parakeet inherited one copy of the gene for feather color from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that connect in ways that make its feathers blue.
The baby parakeet inherited one copy of the gene for feather color from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that connect in ways that make its feathers blue.
c
The baby parakeet inherited one copy of the gene for feather color from its father and one copy from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its feathers blue.