In rabbits, spotted coat (S) is dominant to solid color (s) and black (B) is dominant to brown (b). A true-breeding black spotted rabbit is mated to a true-breeding brown solid rabbit to Iproduce a heterozygous F1 generation. Two F1 individuals are mated. You see the four expected phenotypes of offspring, but not in the expected 9:3:3:1 (black spotted: black solid: brown spotted: brown solid) ratio. This tells you that o that the genes for fur pattern (spotted vs. non-spotted) and fur color assort independently that the genes for fur pattern (spotted vs. non-spotted) and fur color are on the same chromosomes that the genes for fur pattern (spotted vs. non-spotted) and fur color are on different chromosomes that the genes for fur pattern (spotted vs, non-spotted) and fur color are epistatic! that fur pattern (spotted vs. non-spotted) and fur color are maternally inherited
