Narrowing Down the Father's
Phenotype: Fur Length
You know the mother must be homozygous recessive (II)
with respect to the fur length gene, and because none of
the kittens have long fur we know each of them must carry
at least one dominant allele for short fur (L) along with one
of the recessive alleles from the mother.
The following question will be scored.
Given what you know about the fur length gene, what is the
father's phenotype with respect to fur length?
Scroll down to review the pedigree and Summary Table of Feline
Traits if needed.
The father cat has short fur.
The father cat has long fur.
There is not enough information to tell.
Narrowing Down the Father's Phenotype: Fur Length
You know the mother must be homozygous recessive (Il)
The following_question will be scored
with respect to the fur length gene,and because none of
Given what you know about the fur length gene,what is the father's phenotype with respect to fur length?
the kittens have long fur we know each of them must carry
at least one dominant allele for short fur(L) along with one
Scroll down to review the pedigree and summary Table of Feline
of the recessive alleles from the mother
Traits if needed.
The father cat has short fur
The father cat has long fur
There is not enough information to tell.