Coat color is determined by two loci in large cats.Two pink panthers fall in love and produce a large litter of baby panthers with the following phenotypic ratios: 12/16 pink; 3/16 black; and 1/16 white.What might be the genotype of the black progeny?

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The black progeny's genotype is likely aa B_, indicating that the black color is recessive at one locus (a) and dominant at the other (B). This is because the presence of the dominant allele at the second locus (B) is necessary for the black color, while the recessive aa genotype at the first locus differentiates them from the pink phenotype, which would require at least one dominant A allele.

Coat Color Is Determined by Two Loci in Large Cats