A cross between two mice with long tails and brown fur produced the four types of offspring as listed. • Long-tailed with brown fur
• Long-tailed with white fur
• Short-tailed with brown fur
• Short-tailed with white fur
Which genetic mechanism best explains the results of this cross?
A independent assortment
B. Crossing-over
C. gene linkage
D. dependent assortment

In sweet pea, gene c is responsible for color production and gene p is responsible for the purple color pigment. both of them are located on two different loci on different chromosomes. the flowers will be purple only when the plant has the genotypes as c_p_. no color will be produced with genotypes: ccpp, ccpp, ccpp, ccpp. thus, gene c controls the expression of gene p. what pattern of inheritance is exhibited here? a. pleiotropy b. epistasis c. multiple alleles