A certain species of rotifer reproduces exclusively through parthenogenesis. A diploid female with a rare recessive allele 'a' on one of her homologous chromosomes undergoes thelytoky. Assuming no mutations, what is the probability that her offspring will express the recessive phenotype?
0
0.25
0.5
1
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