Northern Foxes Fur Color Genotype

Phenotypes of Northern Foxes Fur Color Genotypes

BB: Black fur is dominant homozygous, meaning that the fox will have black fur.

bB: Black fur is dominant heterozygous, indicating that the fox will also have black fur.

bb: Red fur is recessive homozygous, so the fox will have red fur.

Bb: Black fur is dominant heterozygous, resulting in the fox having black fur.

Capital letters are used to represent dominant alleles, while lowercase letters signify recessive alleles. If both alleles are the same (either capital or lowercase), the gene is homozygous. If the alleles are different, the gene is heterozygous.