Essentials of Genetics 9th Edition by Michael Palladino William Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte Spencer

Exercise 7

As in the plants of Problem 1, color may be red, white, or pink; and flower shape may be personate or peloric. Determine the P 1 and F 1 genotypes for the following crosses:
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(b)
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(e) What phenotypic ratios woud result from crossing the F 1 of (a) to the F 1 of (b)
Problem 1
Three gene pairs located on separate autosomes determine flower color and shape as well as plant height. The first pair exhibits incomplete dominance, where color can be red, pink (the heterozygote), or white. The second pair leads to the dominant personate or recessive peloric flower shape, while the third gene pair produces either the dominant tall trait or the recessive dwarf trait. Homozygous plants that are red, personate, and tall are crossed with those that are white, peloric, and dwarf. Determine the F 1 genotype(s) and phenotype(s). If the F 1 plants are interbred, what proportion of the offspring will exhibit the same phenotype as the F 1 plants?