Question

In rabbits, the allele for long hair (h) is recessive to the allele for short hair (H). When a short-haired female was mated with a long-haired male, the offspring consisted of five short-haired and three long-haired rabbits. The genotypes of the parent rabbits must be:

Answer 1

The answers are Male (hh), Female (Hh)

Step-by-step explanation:

Genotype is the part of genetic that make-up of a cell which determines the hereditary potentials and the limitations of an individual.

Recessive allele (gene) means type of gene which must be homozygous when inherited

Dominant allele : This is a type of gene that will produce phenotype even in the present of other alleles.

Since gene for Long hair is recessive (h) and gene for short hair (H) is Dominant.

Answer 2

The genotypes of the parent rabbits must be female (Hh), male (hh).

Step-by-step explanation:

The genotype is the part of the genetic makeup of a cell, and therefore of any individual, which determines one of its characteristics (phenotype).

When a short-haired female was mated with a long-haired male, the offspring consisted of five short-haired and three long-haired rabbits. The genotypes of the parent rabbits are female (Hh), male (hh)