Two spotted leopards produce a litter of four cubs. Three of the cubs are spotted and one is solid black. The black coat is probably what type of trait? *

Two spotted leopards produce a litter of four cubs. Three of the cubs are spotted and one is solid black. The black coat is Recessive Trait

Explanation:

A recessive trait is a trait that  have  been expressed when an organism has two recessive alleles or two forms of a gene.

Traits are called the physical/non-physical  characteristics of a organisms that can or cannot  be observed.

Physical characteristics like hair, eye color  can be observed while other characteristics like the  shape of blood cells cannot be observed.

It is important to note that if the trait is dominant, one of the parents will have the trait. Dominant traits does not skip  a generation. In case  the trait is recessive, neither of the parent will have the  trait .Recessive trait can skip a generation

So we can say that in the case mentioned in the question

Two spotted leopards produce a litter of four cubs. Three of the cubs are spotted and one is solid black. The black coat is Recessive Trait

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