What are the parent genotype of virgin brown eyed female and scarlet eye male? They are both recessive traits and the genes are on different autosomes.
Would the parent female genotype be... bw/bw,st+/st+ ? and the male genotype be... bw+/bw+,st/st ?
yes, however, on st+ is that scarlet recessive, or wild type?
the st+ would be wild type?
To determine the parent genotypes of a brown-eyed female and a scarlet-eyed male who both have recessive traits on different autosomes, we need to understand the inheritance patterns of these traits.
Let's break it down:
1. The brown eye trait is recessive (denoted as "bw"). This means that an individual needs to have two copies of the recessive allele (bw/bw) to express this trait.
2. The scarlet eye trait is also recessive (denoted as "st"). Like the brown eye trait, an individual needs to have two copies of the scarlet eye allele (st/st) to express this trait.
Based on this information, we can evaluate the genotypes of the female and male:
1. The brown-eyed female has the phenotype of brown eyes, which means she expresses the recessive trait. Therefore, her genotype would be bw/bw.
2. The scarlet-eyed male has the phenotype of scarlet eyes, indicating that he expresses the recessive trait. Hence, his genotype would be st/st.
Please note that without additional information about the parents or their background, we can only make assumptions based on the traits mentioned in the question.