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A newly identified frog mutant, persistent tail (retains the tail through metamorphosis), is hypothesized to be...

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A newly identified frog mutant, persistent tail (retains thetail through metamorphosis), is hypothesized to be autosomaldominant. The experimenter started with homozygous wild type virginfemales and homozygous persistent tail males. The data from the F2generation was 83 wild type males, 111 wild type females, 141persistent tail males and 211 persistent tail females. Does thisdata support or reject the hypothesis? Use chi-square to prove yourposition.

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Given thatNumber of persistent mutant tail males 141Number of persistent mutant tail females 211Number of wild type males 83Number of wild type females 111Total mutant type 141211 352Total wild type 83111 194If the persistent tail retains the tail through metamorphosisis an    See Answer
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