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With reference to Figure 3.3 in the previous post, describe how the family picture shown demonstrates the principles of genetics.

Assume that parents are homozygous for all traits examined.

- Body shape
Round body shape is dominant over giraffe body shape! The offspring demonstrates the same body shape as its' "I am NOT a pig" parent.
Sadly, this is the case of most of us - the endomorphs of the world unite! Yeah! Then again, giraffe body shape is not much better - note the pear shaped figure!

- Fur colour
Mottled giraffe markings are dominant over red fur. This is shown by the offspring inheriting mottle-y markings.

- Body size
Inherited in an incompletely dominant fashion. Alternatively, this may be an example of multifactorial inheritance.

- de novo mutations
Items such as the appearance of horns and shaggy scruffy fur.