Fur length in the fuzzy wuzzy can be short, long or short-long. Short-long is marked by a pattern of alternating short and long strands of fur over the surface of the fuzzy wuzzy. Two short fuzzy wuzzies mate and produce all short fuzzy wuzzies. Two long fuzzy wuzzies mate and produce all long fuzzy wuzzies. Two short-longs mate and produce some shorts, some longs and some short-longs
What is the inheritance?
Incomplete dominance
or
co-dominance (it is co-dominance yes?)
or
Complete dominance
ss=short
ll=long
sl=short-lon
slxsl=ss, sl, sl,llTwo short-longs mate and produce some shorts, some longs and some short-longs co dominance
Based on the information provided, the inheritance pattern observed in the fuzzy wuzzy fur length can be categorized as neither incomplete dominance nor complete dominance, but rather as co-dominance.
Incomplete dominance occurs when the heterozygous (hybrid) offspring display an intermediate phenotype that is a blend of the two homozygous (purebred) parent phenotypes. In the case of the fuzzy wuzzy, if the inheritance pattern was incomplete dominance, we would expect the short-long offspring to have a fur length that falls between those of the short and long fuzzy wuzzies. However, this is not the case as the short-long fuzzy wuzzies have a distinct pattern of alternating short and long strands of fur.
Complete dominance occurs when the phenotype of the heterozygous offspring completely resembles one of the homozygous parents. If this was the inheritance pattern observed in the fuzzy wuzzy, then the short-long fuzzy wuzzies would either have all short fur or all long fur, and there would be no distinct pattern of alternating strands.
Therefore, the most appropriate inheritance pattern for the fuzzy wuzzy fur length is co-dominance. Co-dominance occurs when the heterozygous offspring exhibit both phenotypes simultaneously, without blending them together. In this case, when two short-long fuzzy wuzzies mate, they produce some offspring with short fur, some with long fur, and some with the short-long pattern. This suggests that both the short and long fur alleles are expressed independently, rather than blending together to form an intermediate phenotype.