In mouse agouti locus is hypostatic to pigment development locus. If C is for pigment development, and A is for agouti, and recessive alleles in agouti locus gives black colour and recessive in pigment locus gives white colour, what will be the phenotype of A/- c/c and a/a c/c.

Correct Answer: White, white
In this case the C gene is epistatic, so unless colour is developed due to C/- there will be no expression of A locus. In both of these cases, C locus has c/c/ alleles, so both the mice are white.