A plant heterozygous for yellow pod color (Yy) is crossed with a plant homozygous for green pod color (yy). Which trait is dominant?
If a plant with purple petals (PP) is crossed with a plant with white petals (pp), what is the phenotype for the F1 generation?
3. ✔ ryRyRYRy
A plant TT for tall height is crossed with a plant tt for short height. The offspring have the genotype Tt. What is the phenotype of the plant? ✔ tall heightshort heightTttt
The law of ⇒ segregation explains how alleles separate during gamete formation.
law of segregation
The law of states that traits are passed from parents to offspring independently of one another.
law of independent assortment
Explain how corn can be used as an example of Mendel's law of independent assortment.
Corn acts as an example of Mendel’s law of independent assortment because each kernel on an ear of corn is an individual offspring resulting from a unique fertilization event. Traits such as kernel color and texture are controlled by different genes that assort independently during the formation of gametes. Consequently, each kernel inherits traits independently, receiving one allele for each characteristic from each parent. This leads to the variety of color and texture combinations seen across the kernels on a single cob.
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Identify the genotype for each numbered item. 1. rryyRryy✔ RRYyRrYy
Identify the phenotype for item 4.wrinkled greensmooth green✔ wrinkled yellowsmooth yellow
Explain how the alleles were passed from parents to offspring.
Each parent passed one allele to the offspring. The Gg parent passed the dominant G allele, and the gg parent passed a recessive g allele, producing a Gg offspring with green pods.
2. rryy✔ RryyRRYyRrYy
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