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in guinea pigs, fur length is controlled by one gene. the f allele gene…

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in guinea pigs, fur length is controlled by one gene. the f allele generates long fur and the f allele generates short fur. because only one f copy is needed to show the trait, if a guinea pig has the ff or ff allele combination, they will have long fur. if they have the ff allele combination, they will have short fur.
look at the data for a guinea pig population to answer the following questions.
guinea pig 1: long fur (ff)
guinea pig 2: short fur (ff)
guinea pig 3: long fur (ff)
guinea pig 4: long fur (ff)
the sum of the genetic traits in this population is called its gene pool
there is a total of alleles in this population.
there are f alleles in the population.
there are f alleles in the population.

Explanation:

Step1: Count total alleles

Each guinea pig has 2 alleles, 4 guinea pigs total: $4 \times 2 = 8$

Step2: Count F alleles

FF pigs (2 pigs) contribute $2 \times 2 = 4$; Ff pig contributes 1. Total: $4 + 1 = 5$

Step3: Count f alleles

ff pig contributes 2; Ff pig contributes 1. Total: $2 + 1 = 3$

Answer:

There is a total of 8 alleles in this population.
There are 5 F alleles in the population.
There are 3 f alleles in the population.