Coat color in one breed of mice is controlled by incompletely dominant alleles so that yellow and white are homozygous while cream is heterozygous.The cross of two cream individuals will produce
A)all cream offspring.
B)equal numbers of white and yellow mice, but no cream offspring.
C)equal numbers of white and cream mice.
D)equal numbers of yellow and cream mice.
E)equal numbers of white and yellow mice, with twice as many creams as the other two colors.

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When two cream mice (heterozygous) are crossed, the offspring will be in a 1:2:1 ratio of yellow (homozygous), cream (heterozygous), and white (homozygous), respectively. This results in equal numbers of white and yellow mice, with twice as many creams.

Coat Color in One Breed of Mice Is Controlled by Incompletely