Question

In a group of Nile tilapia fish, some individuals have a greenish brown body and others havea pink body, in this group, the gene for the body color trait has two alleles. The allele for apink body (b) is recessive to the allele for a greenish brown body (B)A certain Nile tilapia fish from this group has the homozygous genotype bb for the body colorgeneBased on this information, what is this fish's phenotype for the body color trait?a pink bodya greenish brown bodySubmitWork it out

Answer 1

The Nile tilapia fish's phenotype (detectable attributes) for the body color trait is a pink body because the genotype of the fish is homozygous bb which is the recessive allele (pink color).