Question

In fruit flies the allele for long wings (L) is dominant and the allele for short wings (l) is recessive. What is the likely genotype of a fruit fly with short wings?

Answer 1

Answer:

The likely genotype of fruit fly with short wings is (ll).

Explanation:

There are two types of traits, Dominant and recessive. For a dominant trait only single copy of gene is sufficient for a phenotype to appear. So LL and Ll both will result in long wings. While in a recessive trait both copies should be identical for the phenotype to appear. only ll genotype will result in short wing fruit fly.