In a group of Syrian hamsters, some individuals have short fur and others have long fur. In this group, the gene for the fur length trait has two alleles. The allele F is for short fur, and the allele f is for long fur.

Question

In a group of Syrian hamsters, some individuals have short fur and others have long fur. In this group, the gene for the fur length trait has two alleles. The allele F is for short fur, and the allele f is for long fur.

Lottie, a Syrian hamster from this group, has short fur. Lottie has two alleles for short fur.
Based on this information, what is Lottie's genotype for the fur length gene?

Answer 1

In a group of Syrian hamsters, some individuals have short fur and others have long fur. In this group, the gene for the fur length trait has two alleles. The allele F is for short fur, and the allele f is for long fur.

Lottie's genotype for the fur length gene is FF.