Which of the following represents a homozygous recessive genotype?

Practice Questions

Q1
Which of the following represents a homozygous recessive genotype?
  1. AA
  2. Aa
  3. aa
  4. A

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

Which of the following represents a homozygous recessive genotype?
  • Step 1: Understand what a genotype is. A genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism, represented by letters.
  • Step 2: Learn about alleles. Alleles are different forms of a gene. For example, 'A' and 'a' are two alleles for a gene.
  • Step 3: Know the difference between dominant and recessive alleles. A dominant allele (like 'A') can mask the effect of a recessive allele (like 'a').
  • Step 4: Understand what homozygous means. Homozygous means having two identical alleles for a trait. This can be either dominant (AA) or recessive (aa).
  • Step 5: Identify what homozygous recessive means. Homozygous recessive means having two recessive alleles, which is represented as 'aa'.
  • Step 6: Conclude that 'aa' is the representation of a homozygous recessive genotype.
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