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a male guinea pig is homozygous female heterozygous. what are phenotype for each of these two Guinea pigs.

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If we talk about guinea pigs, the trait of hair length is controlled by a gene with two alleles.

Allele for short hair (S) is dominant on the allele for the long hair (s).

The texture of hair texture is controlled by a gene with two alleles. It can be rough or smooth, and the allele for rough hair (R) is dominant on allele for smooth hair (r).

Now coming towards the question:

  • A female guinea pig is heterozygous for hair texture and homozygous recessive for hair length.
  • Phenotype of the female will be Rough and long hair.
  • A male guinea pig is homozygous dominant for hair texture and hair length.
  • Phenotype of the male will be Rough and short hair.

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