A Labrador retriever breeder needs to determine if three male pups who were born to Sadie, his black Labrador retriever, are the offspring of Sam, a yellow Labrador retriever from another breeder. Which process could the breeder use to determine if Sam is the father of the pups?

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Ayla Nichols

25 January, 19:26

A Labrador retriever breeder needs to determine if three male pups who were born to Sadie, his black Labrador retriever, are the offspring of Sam, a yellow Labrador retriever from another breeder. Which process could the breeder use to determine if Sam is the father of the pups?

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Jennings · Answer 1

He could get a paternity test done, or observe heritable traits such as coat color, Gold is recessive to Black in most animals so if Sadie gives birth to Yellow offspring than it is possible they belong to Sam.