A kitten has mostly gray fur, but patches of white fur form around its eyes, ears, and belly. The two parents of the kitten do not have any white patches of this type. Use your model of meiosis to explain how genetic variations, such as fur patterns, can result from meiosis.

When is a hurricane considered to have made landfall? a. when at least one inch of rain occurs b. when the eye reaches the land mass c. when the outer wind bands make landfall d. when it moves inland from the coast

Match each description to the appropriate biome. tropical savanna desert tropical rain forest taiga tundra has sparse vegetation and very cold temperatures located near the equator and contains trees that form dense canopy layers is very hot and dry, and has plants that need little water has cold winters, heavy snowfall and is dominated by conifers has warm temperatures and is dominated by grasses

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?