In which generation is a recessive deleterious allele MOST likely to negatively affect the fitness of the individual expressing it?gametophyteequally likely in both sporophyte and gametophytehighly improbable in both generationssporophyteIn which generation is a recessive deleterious allele MOST likely to negatively affect the fitness of the individual expressing it?gametophyteequally likely in both sporophyte and gametophytehighly improbable in both generationssporophyte Solution In which generation is a recessive deleterious allele MOST likely to negatively affect the fitness of the individual expressing it? Affects gametophytic generation as the gametes have single copy of the gene which leads to the expression of the existing gene. yes here is the explanation : You are aware that there are two phases in life cycle the gametophytic and the sporophytic generations. The gametophyte has haploid number or n number of chromosomes which means only half of the number in contrast to the sporophyte. sporophyte is diploid which means it has two sets of chromosomes represented by 2n. Of these two sets one comes from maternal and other from paternal which again means that chromosomes are paired or homologus. Then coming to the question it says the allele is recessive which means can express only in absence of a dominant counterpart and should be in double dose if it is sporophyte.if it is present in heterozygous condition the allele cannot express itself. since the gametophyte has n number of chromosomes if the deleterious allele is expressed it will affect the fitness of the population..