Question

In guinea pigs short hair (S) is dominant to long hair (s), if you cross a heterozygous short hair with another heterozygous short hair what is the probability of the offspring having long hair?

25%
50%
75%
100%

Answer 1

50%

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer: In the guinea pig, short coat (C) is dominant to long coat (c). Guinea pig with genotype cc will have long hair. However, a guinea pig with short hair would have either genotype Cc or cc.