Suppose the pigmentation of a Labrador retriever's fur is subject to epistasis of the B alleles by the e alleles. B (black) is dominant over b (chocolate brown). E is dominant over e. Homozygous e is epistatic to the black and chocolate genes. Given this information, what genotype would give a yellow (or "golden") retriever?
a. BBEe
b. BBee
c. BbEe
d. bbEE
Ans: b. BBee
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