In fruit flies the allele for long wings (L) is dominant and the allele for short wings (l) is recessive. What is the likely genotype of a fruit fly with short wings?

Either LL or Ll

Either Ll or ll

Only LL

Only ll

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Raphael Novak

11 May, 15:26

In fruit flies the allele for long wings (L) is dominant and the allele for short wings (l) is recessive. What is the likely genotype of a fruit fly with short wings?

Either LL or Ll

Either Ll or ll

Only LL

Only ll

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Bentley Huynh · Answer 1

The likely genotype of a fruit fly with short wings is Only ll.

Explanation:

There are two types of traits, Dominant and recessive. For a dominant trait only single copy of gene is sufficient for a phenotype to appear. So LL and Ll both will result in long wings. While in a recessive trait both copies should be identical for the phenotype to appear. only ll genotype will result in short wing fruit fly.

In fruit flies the allele for long wings (L) is dominant and the allele for short wings (l) is recessive. What is the likely genotype of a fruit fly with short wings?Either LL or LlEither Ll or llOnly LLOnly ll

In fruit flies the allele for long wings (L) is dominant and the allele for short wings (l) is recessive. What is the likely genotype of a fruit fly with short wings?

Either LL or Ll

Either Ll or ll

Only LL

Only ll