If an individual with a dominant phenotype is crossed with an individual with a recessive phenotype, 4 of their 9 offspring show the recessive phenotype. What is the genotype of the dominant parent?

a) either Aa or aa
b) either AA or Aa
c) Aa
d) AA
e) aa


Ans: c) Aa

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