Cats can have short hair or long hair. The allele for short hair (SSS) is dominant to the allele for long hair (sss).
A homozygous short-haired cat mated with a homozygous long-haired cat to produce the first generation of offspring.
State the genotypes of: (i) the short-haired parent (ii) the long-haired parent (iii) the first generation offspring
The first-generation cats mated with each other to produce a second generation. List the possible gametes produced by the first-generation parents, and state the genotypes of the possible second-generation offspring.
The passage below describes part of the process of reproduction in cats. Identify the correct biological terms for the blank spaces (i) to (vi).
"The male cat produces gametes called (i) _____________ that swim to the female gamete. Each gamete has the haploid number of chromosomes, which is 19 in cats. The gametes join in a process called (ii) _____________. The single cell produced is called a (iii) _____________ and contains the (iv) _____________ number of chromosomes. This cell divides by (v) _____________ into an embryo. Each cell in the embryo contains (vi) _____________ chromosomes."
