Question

Long hair in guinea pigs is a recessive trait. A female guinea pig with long hair mates and

have all heterozygous offspring, what are the genotypes of the male?

Answer 1

The male's genotype is homzygous short (LL)

Step-by-step explanation:

This question involves a single gene coding for hair length in guinea pigs. The allele for short hair (L) is dominant over the allele for long hair (l). This means that a heterozygote will have short hair (Ll) while a guinea pig with long hair will have genotype ll.

According to this question, a female guinea pig with long hair (ll) mates and have all heterozygous offspring (Ll). This means that the male guinea pig provided only the allele for short hair (L) that made the offsprings all short. In other words, the male's genotype is LL i.e. homzygous short.