Should the yellow allele Ay be considered a variant of the a

Should the yellow allele (A^y) be considered a variant of the agouti gene and/or the Raly gene? use the information in Table 1 and Figure 3 below to address this Question. If interested, you can find more information about the agouti gene on the NCBl gene database. The agouti gene will return again when we Look at the genetics of pigmentation in animals and humans.

Solution

The A^y allele can be considered a varient of just the Raly locus because the 170 kb section that gets deleted is a component of ony the Raly allele and no effect happens onto the agouti locus.