Plant Genetics In 1865, Gregor Mendel suggesteda theory of inheritance based on the science of genetics.He identified heterozygous individuals for flower color that had two alleles (
We assume that each parent is equally likely to give eitherof the two alleles and that, if either one or two of thealleles in a pair is dominant (R), the offspring will havered flowers.
a. What is the
b. What is the probability that an offspring has at leastone recessive allele?
c. What is the probability that an offspring has onerecessive allele, given that the offspring has redflowers?
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