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In squirrels, the gene for gray fur (G) is dominant over the gene for black fur (g). If 50% of a large litter of squirrels are gray, the parental cross that produced this litter was most likely

  1. GG x Gg
  2. GG x GG
  3. Gg x gg
  4. gg x gg

If each parent contributes only one gene of its pair to the offspring, the parental genes of Gg x gg would produce the following offspring: Gg or gg. Gg would appear gray while gg would produce black fur. The first cross would produce only gray squirrels since one parent always gives a G, masking the g given by the other parent. The second cross only has G so all offspring would have to be gray, and the last cross would not produce any gray squirrels since there are no G.

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