3. Two parental strains with mean heights of 64.29 and 135 cm. respectively were crossed. The F1 and F2 that resulted had the following statistics 10.0 99.64 102.11 mean standard deviation 13.342 If we neglect any possible environmental effects, dominance, linkage, or epistasis, and assume that each effective allele makes the same additive contribution, how many pairs of polygenes are involved? Solution

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3. Two parental strains with mean heights of 64.29 and 135 cm. respectively were crossed. The F1 and F2 that resulted had the following statistics:
mean
99.64
10.0
standard deviation
102.11
13.342
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If we neglect any possible environmental effects, dominance, linkage, or epistasis, and
assume that each effective allele makes the same additive contribution, how many pairs of
polygenes are involved?
Transcribed Image Text:3. Two parental strains with mean heights of 64.29 and 135 cm. respectively were crossed. The F1 and F2 that resulted had the following statistics: mean 99.64 10.0 standard deviation 102.11 13.342 Solution If we neglect any possible environmental effects, dominance, linkage, or epistasis, and assume that each effective allele makes the same additive contribution, how many pairs of polygenes are involved?
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