The seed color in a species of flowering plant can be either green or white, with the trait determined by two independently assorting loci. At one locus, the G allele produces green color and is dominant to the recessive g allele for white. At the other locus the dominant, C, allele code for color production and its recessive counterpart, c, codes for colorless or white seeds. A pure-breeding green seeded plant is crossed with a white- seeded plant homozygous for both loci.
a) Identify all possible genotype(s) for the white-seeded parent and the F1 genotype(s) that each would produce when crossed with the true-breeding green seeded plant.
b) Assume that the genotype of the original white-seeded parent is gg,cc,F1 plants from the cross described in a. are crossed to produce the F2. Identify the F2 phenotypes and their expected ratio.
c) What would be the probability of producing a white-seeded plant in a cross between two F2 plants of the genotypes Ggcc and ggCc.
The seed color in a species of flowering plant can be either green or white, with the trait determined by two independently assorting loci. At one locus, the G allele produces green color and is dominant to the recessive g allele for white. At the other locus the dominant, C, allele code for color production and its recessive counterpart, c, codes for colorless or white seeds. A pure-breeding green seeded plant is crossed with a white- seeded plant homozygous for both loci.
a) Identify all possible genotype(s) for the white-seeded parent and the F1 genotype(s) that each would produce when crossed with the true-breeding green seeded plant.
b) Assume that the genotype of the original white-seeded parent is gg,cc,F1 plants from the cross described in a. are crossed to produce the F2. Identify the F2 phenotypes and their expected ratio.
c) What would be the probability of producing a white-seeded plant in a cross between two F2 plants of the genotypes Ggcc and ggCc.
