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A salmon is genetically modified in a laboratory by inserting one gene into one chromosome of a homologous pair. The salmon escapes, and breeds with a wild, unmodified salmon. Would you expect all of the offspring to be genetically modified? Explain your reasoning.

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User Deko
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Answer:

no

Step-by-step explanation:

only some of the genes would replicate into the offspring. genes from the modified salmon would mix with the genes of the non modified salmon

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