Long tails (L) are dominant to short tails (l) in grackle birds. Suppose a short-tailed female mates with a long-tailed male. (The male’s mother had a long tail and his father had a short tail.) 4. What is the female bird’s genotype? _______ What is the male bird’s genotype? _______ 5. Use the Punnett square to determine the genotypic and phenotypic ratios for their offspring.