Probability in genetics Knowledge-Based Practice

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    In a cross between two individuals with the genotype AaBbCc, assuming independent assortment and complete dominance for all three gene loci, what is the probability that an offspring will exhibit the dominant phenotype for genes A and B, but the recessive phenotype for gene C?

    • A) 9/64
    • B) 27/64
    • C) 3/64
    • D) 1/64

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