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12. In guinea pigs, the allele for short hair is dominant.
What genotype would a heterozygous short haired
guinea pig have?
What genotype would a pure breeding short haired
guinea pig have?
What genotype would a long-haired guinea pig have?

Sagot :

homadison4

Answer:

What genotype would a heterozygous short haired

guinea pig have?  Ss

What genotype would a pure breeding short haired

guinea pig have?  SS

What genotype would a long-haired guinea pig have? ss

Explanation:

I just used S to substitute for my alleles, but you can use any letter. (For example: Ee, EE, ee)

akposevictor

If H is the dominant allele for short hair, we would have the followng genotypes:

Heterozygous short haired: Hh

Pure breeding short haired: HH

Long-haired guinea pig: hh

What is a Dominant Allele?

A dominant allele is an allele of a trait that always expresses itself in the presence of a recessive trait in an allelic pair. Capitral letter is usually used to denote the dominant allele.

Let H represent short hair (dominant allele)

h represents long hair (recessive allele)

Therefore, we would have the following:

Genotype for heterozygous short haired would be: Hh

Genotype for pure breeding short haired would be: HH

Genotype for long-haired guinea pig would be: hh

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