In water snails, shell coiling displays maternal effect and right-handed shell coiling (D) is dominant to...

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In water snails, shell coiling displays maternal effect andright-handed shell coiling (D) is dominant to left-handed shellcoiling (d).

A heterozygous left-handed female is crossed with a heterozygousright-handed male.

1. Their offspring will display what genotypic ratio ofDD:Dd:dd?

2. What is the phenotypic ratio that will be right-handed andleft-handed?

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Maternal effect is the phenomenon in which phenotype of the offspring is NOT determined its own the genotype but detrmined by the genotype of the female parent by maternal genotype only    See Answer
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