Question

In a certain breed of dog, wiry hair (W) is dominant to smooth hair (w). Calculate the

phenotypes and the genotypes of the offspring of a heterozygous wire-haired dog
with a smooth-haired dog using this Punnet square. It might help for you to sketch
and complete a Punnet square on a sheet of paper to help you know how to enter
the answers for A-H below.

Answer 1

a. A homozygous wire-haired dog (WW) can only pass a dominant allele to its offspring. Therefore, no matter what the genotype of the other dog is, a.