Question

What are the odds in favor that cross between a black and an Andalusian fowl will give 4 Andalusian fowls?

(a) 1/2

(b) 1/4

(c) 1/8

(d) 1/16

The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Incomplete Dominance and Codominance in division Extension and Deviation from Mendelian Genetic Principles of Cytogenetics

Answer 1

The correct option is (d) 1/16

The best explanation: There is ½ probability that the progeny generated will be Andalusian. And the odds in favor that such event will occur 4 time is (1/2)^4 =1/16.