Life: The Science of Biology
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Chapter 12.2, Problem 3R
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The phenotype and ratio of a cross between green colored flowers of a plant.

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Phenotype refers to the observable traits of organisms, while genotype signifies genetic-makeup or arrangement of genes and alleles of the organism. The phenotype depends on the genotype. The interaction between alleles can be observed as incomplete dominance, which can give rise to three phenotypes even when the phenotype is controlled by only two forms of a gene.

In a particular plant species, two alleles control flower color, which can be yellow, green, or blue. Crosses of these plants produce the following offsprings:

Parental phenotypes Offspring phenotypes ratio
Yellow × yellow All yellow
Green × yellow Green or yellow (1:1)
Green × blue Blue or green (1:1)
Blue × blue All blue

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