The gene that codes for the number of fingers on the human hand has two alleles-five fingers and six fingers. The letters F and f are used to represent this trait. Having five fingers is the recessive trait. If a person has five fingers, his genotype is _____.

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Since having five fingers is the recessive trait, a person must have two recessive alleles (ff) to express this phenotype.

The Gene That Codes for the Number of Fingers on the Human