Genetics: Analysis and Principles 5th Edition by Robert Brooker

Exercise 17

A cross was made between a plant that has blue flowers and purple seeds to a plant with white flowers and green seeds. The following data were obtained:

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Start with the hypothesis that blue flowers and purple seeds are dominant traits and that the two genes assort independently. Calculate a chi square value. What does this value mean with regard to your hypothesis If you decide to reject your hypothesis, which aspect of the hypothesis do you think is incorrect (i.e., the idea that blue flowers and purple seeds are dominant traits, or the idea that the two genes assort independently)