In cats, short hair L is dominant to long hair l, and black hair B is dominant to brown hair b. If you found a black, short-haired cat, you could determine his genotype by crossing it to an animal with a genotype of ____.
A) LLBB
B) llBB
C) llBb
D) llbb
E) LLbb

Question

In cats, short hair L is dominant to long hair l, and black hair B is dominant to brown hair b. If you found a black, short-haired cat, you could determine his genotype by crossing it to an animal with a genotype of ____.
A) 	LLBB
B) 	llBB
C) 	llBb
D) 	llbb
E) 	LLbb

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Crossing the black, short-haired cat with a homozygous recessive (llbb) cat will reveal the genotype of the black, short-haired cat through the offspring's phenotypes.

In Cats, Short Hair L Is Dominant to Long Hair