A homozygous milk chocolate Easter bunny is crossed with a homozygous dark chocolate Easter bunny.Assuming dark chocolate is dominant over milk chocolate and the traits segregate according to Mendelian genetics,which traits will the offspring express?
A) 3 dark to 1 milk
B) 3 milk to 1 dark
C) All milk
D) All dark

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Since dark chocolate is dominant over milk chocolate and both parents are homozygous (having two identical copies of the gene for chocolate), all of the offspring will receive one copy of the dark chocolate gene from the dark chocolate parent and one copy of the milk chocolate gene from the milk chocolate parent. However, since the dark chocolate gene is dominant, all of the offspring will express the dark chocolate trait. Therefore, the answer is D) All dark.

A Homozygous Milk Chocolate Easter Bunny Is Crossed with a Homozygous