Plumage in chickens is of two varieties,a "hen" pattern and a "cock" pattern.They differ because the trait is sex-limited - that is,males have different feather arrangements than females.The autosomal gene H controls the trait in this manner: Henrietta is one of a flock of hens who has chicks with Boris,the lone rooster.He has tantalizingly beautiful plumage in the cock pattern.If Henrietta is genotype Hh,the probability that a male chick will have his father's gorgeous plumage is
A) 1/8.
B) 1/4.
C) 1/2.
D) 1/3.
E) 2/3.
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