In elephants, the allele for the prehensile trunk, T is dominant over the allele for a...

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In elephants, the allele for the prehensile trunk, T is dominantover the allele for a non-grasping trunk, t; the allele for floppyears, E is dominant over the allele for pointy ears, e; and theallele for pointy tusks, P is dominant over the allele for blunttusks.

If you were to cross a trihybrid elephant with a pure-breedingelephant with a prehensile trunk, pointy ears, and blunt tusks,what proportion of the offspring would have a genotype ofTtEepp?

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a) 0 (that genotype cannot be formed by this cross)

b) 1/8

c) 1/4

d) 1/2

e) 9/16

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