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Red Poll cows Thoroughbred stallion The mouse at bottom is heterozygous with a mutant gene that gives it a spotted tail. The two mice above it are paramutated; they also have spotted tails even though they do not carry the gene for this trait. Black Angus bull sow and piglets German Shepherd dog Holstein-Friesian cow Duroc breed DNA structure
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Red Poll cows
Thoroughbred stallion
The mouse at bottom is heterozygous with a mutant gene that gives it a spotted tail. The two mice above it are paramutated; they also have spotted tails even though they do not carry the gene for this trait.
Black Angus bull
sow and piglets
German Shepherd dog
Holstein-Friesian cow
Duroc breed
DNA structure
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