Consider the following scenario:

In a certain dog breed, the allele B for a black coat is dominant, and the allele b for a spotted coat is recessive. What genotypes for this dog breed would lead to a spotted phenotype?

(1 point)
Responses

Bb
Bb

bb
bb

BB and bb
BB and bb

BB
BB

1 answer

In this scenario, the allele B (black coat) is dominant, and the allele b (spotted coat) is recessive. For a dog to exhibit a spotted phenotype, it must have two copies of the recessive allele, which is represented by the genotype bb.

Therefore, the correct response is:

bb