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A rooster with gray feathers and a hen with the same phenotype produce gray, black, and white chicks. What is the simplest explanation for the inheritance of these colors in chickens?

A rooster with gray feathers and a hen with the same phenotype produce gray, black, and white chicks. What is the simplest explanation for the inheritance of these colors in chickens? Correct Answer The traits for black and white color demonstrate incomplete dominance.

(C) When you see a blending of the parental phenotypes in the offspring, you are dealing with incomplete dominance. The genotype of the black animals is BB. The genotype of the white animals is WW. The genotype of the gray animals is BW.

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