
iGenetics 3rd Edition by Peter Russell
Edition 3ISBN: 978-0321569769
iGenetics 3rd Edition by Peter Russell
Edition 3ISBN: 978-0321569769 Exercise 10
In four-o'clock plants, two genes, Y and R, affect flower color. Neither is completely dominant, and the two interact with each other to produce seven different flower colors:
a. In a cross of a crimson-flowered plant with a white one ( y/y r/r ), what will be the appearances of the F 1 plants, the F2 plants, and the offspring of the F 1 plants backcrossed to their crimson parent?
b. What will be the flower colors in the offspring of a cross of orange-red × pale yellow?
c. What will be the flower colors in the offspring of a cross of a yellow with a y/y R/r white?

a. In a cross of a crimson-flowered plant with a white one ( y/y r/r ), what will be the appearances of the F 1 plants, the F2 plants, and the offspring of the F 1 plants backcrossed to their crimson parent?
b. What will be the flower colors in the offspring of a cross of orange-red × pale yellow?
c. What will be the flower colors in the offspring of a cross of a yellow with a y/y R/r white?
Explanation
There are two sets of alleles for two ge...
iGenetics 3rd Edition by Peter Russell
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