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To determine whether a particular trait is autosomal or sex-linked, scientists or breeders would perform reciprocal crosses....

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To determine whether a particular trait is autosomal orsex-linked, scientists or breeders would perform reciprocalcrosses. In a species of exotic bird, the wild-type glossy green isdominant over the yellow plumage. Assigning Ye+ to thewild type glossy green and Ye to yellow, show how you would performsuch a cross (or crosses) to test the hypothesis that these plumagephenotypes in this exotic bird are sex-linked. What are theexpected phenotypic ratios of the F2, after intercrossing the F1 ineach case, if this trait is indeed sex linked?

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Given Ye Glossy Green Plumage Ye Yellow Plumage Since birds have a ZZZW system where the male is the homogametic sex having two Z chromosomes and the female is the heterogametic sex having one Z chromosome and one W chromosome To determine if the plumage color is    See Answer
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