Largemouth bass is one of the most popular sport fish in texas, and state law dictates that to possess one of these fish it must have a minimum length of 14 inches. anything less must be thrown back. the length of the bass is determined by multiple genes and has a range from 12.5 to 14.5 inches. a bass whose length is 12.5 is mated to one whose length is 14.5 to produce offspring that will be 13.5 inches. if these 13.5 offspring are mated to make an f2 generation, the frequency of 14.5 inch bass is about 1 in 256. how many loci are involved in controlling the length of the bass?