Question

White 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?

Answer 1

Answer: The female fox has a genotype of ww.

Explanation: Since the white coat is dominant that means if the female fox had the genotypes WW[dominant, dominant] or Ww[dominant, recessive] it would have a white coat. Since it has a tan coat it has the recessive genotype, ww.