Dr. Digger, a paleontologist, finds a fossil that he describes in his journal. The creature was approximately 1 meter long, with its backbone fused into a large shell covering the body cavity. It had a beaklike mouth, without teeth, and all four limbs were in the form of flippers.

Based on anatomical similarities, to which modern animal is Dr. Digger’s creature most closely related?

In cattle a single gene with two alleles determines fur color the fur can be red white or roan roan fur has both red and white hair which of the following statements is true a the allele for roan fur color is dominant over red and white fur color b the allele for red fur color is dominant over white and roan fur color c the roan and white alleles are expressed independently of the other d the red and white alleles are expressed independently of each other