hite coat (W) is dominant over tan (w) coat in foxes. When a white-coated male is mated with a tan-coated female, 100% of their offspring are white-coated. What is the genotype of the female fox?

Question

Responses
A WWWW
B WwWw
C wWwW
D ww

Answer 1

In this genetic scenario, white coat (W) is dominant over tan coat (w). When a white-coated male (whose genotype could be WW or Ww) is mated with a tan-coated female (whose only possible genotype is ww because the tan coat is recessive), the offspring's phenotypes depend solely on the male's genotype.

Since 100% of the offspring from this mating are white-coated, the male must be homozygous (WW) for the white coat trait. The tan-coated female must be homozygous recessive (ww) because she exhibits the tan coat phenotype.

Therefore, the genotype of the tan-coated female fox is:

D. ww