In a high elevation lake in Peru lives a population of guppies. There are 75 guppies...

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In a high elevation lake in Peru lives a population of guppies.There are 75 guppies in this lake, 60 of which have blue tails,while the remaining 15 have yellow tails. Tail color in guppies iscontrolled by a single gene. Which of the following statementsabout this population of guppies is true?
Blue guppies can be either homozygous dominant orheterozygotes.
The yellow guppies exhibit the recessive phenotype.
Tail color in this population can evolve.
All of these statements are true.

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This question is an example of mendelian trait This is an example of monohybrid cross ie single gene is controlling the trait Let us assume that the dominant genotype of this trait is TT which is responsible for blue colour tail of the guppies and recessive See Answer

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	Blue guppies can be either homozygous dominant orheterozygotes.
	The yellow guppies exhibit the recessive phenotype.
	Tail color in this population can evolve.
	All of these statements are true.