Heterozygous

Yesterday, my boyfriend and I were driving along and on the side of the road a man was selling "Red" labs. We have been discussing getting another dog for our Shepard, so she has a friend to play with when we are not home... So I made him turn around and let me look at them.

I had never heard of a "Red" lab, but it makes since, that the colors are due to hybridization. The father was a "Red" lab and the mother a "White" lab. Together they produced 10 puppies. When we arrived there were 8 left; 2 all white puppies, 4 red ones and 2 that were mixed.  Some had brown eyes and some had green. We picked a mixed one with the green eyes and named her Butt-a-cup! I understood how these results were possible, based off of Mendel's model.

Another every day happening, that we learned about in class!