On the planet Kermit, in the Muppet population, there are two autosomal loci of

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On the planet Kermit, in the Muppet population, there are two autosomal loci of interest alleles B and b. The following phenotypes are associated with the alleles:The first locus has alleles A and a. and the second locus has Locus 01 A = Yellow hair; a = Orange hair. Locus 02 B = Green skin; b = Blue skin. The A and B alleles are dominant for their respective loci. Suppose a true breeding Yellow-haired, Green-skinned Muppet male mates with a true breeding Orange-haired, Blue-skinned Muppet. The couple produces multiple offspring, and a pair of the F1 Muppets intercross to produce approximately 1000 offspring. The counts for each pair of phenotypes are as follows: Locus 01 and Locus 02 are on different chromosomes. Locus 01 and Locus 02 act epistatically in this population. Locus 01 and Locus 02 act independently in this population. Hair color is independent of and individual's Locus 01 genotype for all Muppets. Skin color is independent of an individual's Locus 02 genotype for all Muppets.

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The locus 1 and 2 act independently because independent assortment of allele occurs.

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