Question

37. (1) In the gene that affects snail coiling, the ______ is responsible for the phenotype of the offspring.


Mother's phenotype

Father's phenotype

Mother's genotype

Father's genotype

Answer 1

the mother's genotype.

i found the answer here: http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~mcclean/plsc431/maternal/maternal1.htm

Answer 2

remember that phenotypes have to do with physical characteristics, while genotypes have to do with the genes. a physical characteristic of a parent can't impact the physical characteristics of an offspring. so you can automatically eliminate both A and B.