If an offspring is said to be homozygous recessive,

Question

which of the following could be its genotype?


Question 2 options:

ss

Ss

SS

RRss

Answer 1

The correct answer is ss. Homozygous recessive individuals have two copies of the recessive allele, which need to be represented by lowercase letters in genetics. Therefore, ss is the genotype that represents an offspring that is homozygous recessive.