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Please help me determine the phenotype for each of these.

Please help me determine the phenotype for each of these.-example-1
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In Mendelian genetics, dominant alleles are represented with capital letters meanwhile, recessive are represented in lowercase, also it doesn't specify if it´s complete dominance, or incomplete dominance, therefore, we will assume the most basic case: complete dominance. That is to say when there is a dominant allele (capital letter) the trait shown will be the one that the dominant allele has, the recessive trait will only be shown in absence of the dominant trait, so there will have to be two lower case letters.

List of traits, alleles, and phenotype.

Eyes (Ee): Two small eyes

Eye Color (rr): white eyes

Skin Color (Bb): Blue skin

Tail shape (CC): Curly tail

Tail color ((PP): Purple tail

Tail (Tt): Have tail

Teeth (SS): Sharp teeth

Feet (Ff): Feet with four toes

Horn Color (Ww): Purple horns

Ear shape (Yy): Pointy ears

Ears (Nn): No ears

Claws (Ll): Long claws

Finally, it is coded the color and/or shape for ears and tail, however, is also coded if has or not ears and tail, so in this case says it has no ears (Nn), in that case, the character for ear shape is irrelevant because there are no ears, in this particular case, if you would have obtained a monster with ears that character makes all sense.

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