A white cat has a mother that is homozygous dominant and a father that is homozygous recessive.

Question

Which term describes this example?

Responses

homozygous recessive

homozygous recessive

female

female

heterozygous

heterozygous

homozygous dominant

Answer 1

In this example, the white cat would be heterozygous. Since the mother is homozygous dominant (e.g., WW) and the father is homozygous recessive (e.g., ww), the offspring (the white cat) would inherit one dominant allele from the mother and one recessive allele from the father, making it heterozygous (e.g., Ww).