Question

Which term describes this example? A white cat has a mother that is homozygous dominant and a father that is homozygous recessive.
A, heterozygous

B, homozygous recessive

C, homozygous dominant

D, female

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A. heterozygous

Explanation:

When a white cat has a mother who is homozygous dominant that means her mother is having two same dominant alleles of white color (WW) and as the father is homozygous recessive that means he is having two recessive alleles (ww). So when cross between these two individual will occur than offsprings with heterozygous alleles will be produced which will show the dominant phenotype.

                         W   W

                  w  Ww  Ww

                  w  Ww Ww

So all the offsprings will be heterozygous for the trait therefore the correct answer is A.

Answer 2

A. heterozygous

A homozygous dominant and a homozygous recessive parent will only produce heterozygous offsprings.