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Please explain. Thank you . (1) Two true breeding stocks of flowers were crossed

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Question

Please explain. Thank you .

(1) Two true breeding stocks of flowers were crossed. One parent had round, green seeds and the other had yellow, wrinkled seeds; all F1 individuals had round, green seeds. If 100 F2 offspring resulted from a self-cross of a F1 individual, approximately how many would have round, yellow seeds if the genes controlling seed color and shape are on different chromosomes?

A) 0

B) 6

C) 19

D) 58

E) 90

(2) A gardener crosses two true-breeding strains of plants; one strain has dark blue flowers; the other has white flowers. All the F1 progeny of this cross have light blue flowers. When the F1 progeny are self-crossed, the gardener observes a 1:2:1 ratio of progeny with dark blue, light blue and white flowers, respectively. The most likely explanation of these findings is:

A) Complete dominance

B) Incomplete dominance

C) Environmental effects

D) Polygenic inheritance

E) X-linkage

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

1). C. 19

Explanation:

Based on the information, round is dominant over wrinkled and green is dominant over yellow.

The F2 phenotypic ratio would be as follows.

Round, green = 9/16 *100 = 56

Round, yellow = 3/16 * 100 = 19

wrinkled, green = 3/16 * 100 = 19

Wrinkled, yellow = 1/16 *100 = 6

2). B. Incomplete dominance

Explanation: One gene with three traits is incomplete dominance.

AA = Dark blue

aa = White

Aa = light blue