Matt buys a male python from a snake dealer who tells him that the snake carries the albino allele. What is the most effective way for Morgan to verify this statement?
A) Breed the snake with a heterozygous female.
B) Breed the snake with a homozygous normal female.
C) Breed the snake with a female sibling.
D) Breed the snake with a homozygous recessive albino female.
E) He can breed the snake with any female, and a portion of the offspring will always be albino.

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Breeding the snake with a homozygous recessive albino female will reveal if the male carries the albino allele, as any offspring that are albino will confirm the presence of the allele in the male.

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