Contains both dominant AND recessive alleles Notice, one capital letter and one lower case letter Examples: Bb Aa Zz Yy Mm
Contains only dominant OR recessive alleles Homozygous dominant: Both Capital letters BB AA ZZ YY Homozygous recessive: Both lower case letters bb aa zz yy
In garden peas, the allele for yellow (Y) is dominant to the allele for green (y) Write the genotype for homozygous dominant YY Write the genotype for homozygous recessive yy Write the genotype for heterozygous Yy or yY (usually written capital letter first) YY yyYy
In fruit flies, the allele for white eyes (r) is recessive to the allele for red eyes (R) Write the genotype for homozygous dominant RR Write the genotype for heterozygous Rr Show a cross between the homozygous dominant and the homozygous recessive
In cats, the allele for yellow eyes (E) is dominant to the allele for blue eyes (e) Write the genotype for heterozygous Ee Write the genotype for homozygous recessive ee Show a cross between two heterozygous
In vampires, the allele for long fangs(F) is dominant to the allele for short fangs (f) Write the genotype for a homozygous dominant vampire FF Write the genotype for a homozygous recessive vampire Ff Show a cross between two heterozygous vampires
In werewolves, the allele for long hair (h) is recessive to the allele for short hair (H) Write the genotype for homozygous dominant hair HH Write the genotype for heterozygous Hh