Mendelian Genetics Quiz PLSC 631 - Intermediate Genetics Mendelian Genetics Quiz 1.
Guinea pigs have either white or black coats.
Manx is a popular bred of cats because of its unique feature of no tail. As Mendel's laws were becoming understood among cat breeders, they realized they needed to develop pure line Manx cats. But every time they crossed two Manx cats the liters contained tailless and tailed cats. Because they were very good students of Mendel, they counted the progeny of several liters and found that 52 cats had tails and 98 cats lacked tails. At that point they realized it was a futile attempt to try to develop pure bred Manx cats any further.