5. Clouded leopards are an endangered species of cat in Central America. The nor

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5. Clouded leopards are an endangered species of cat in Central America. The normal spots on these clouded leopards are dominant and X-linked. The recessive version of this gene will produce extra dark spots. Suppose as a biologist, you are involved in a clouded leopard breeding program. Once year, you will cross a male with dark spots and a female with normal spots. The females give birth to four cubs, two of which are male and two of which are female. One male and one female each have extra dark spots. From this information, what can you conclude is the genotype of the mother?

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SS.........normal spots...........dominant and X-linked..............XSXs

dd............extra dark spots................recessive and X-linked...........Xsy

XSXs (female with normal spots) x   Xsy (male with dark spots)

The genotype of the mother is ................ XSXs

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