Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 12P
In corn, the allele A allows the deposition of anthocyanin (blue) pigment in the kernels (seeds), while aa plants have yellow kernels. At a second gene, W– produces smooth kernels, while ww kernels are wrinkled. A plant with blue smooth kernels was crossed to a plant with yellow wrinkled kernels. The progeny consisted of 1447 blue smooth, 169 blue wrinkled, 186 yellow smooth, and 1510 yellow wrinkled.
| a. | Are the a and w loci linked? If so, how far apart are they? |
| b. | What was the genotype of the blue smooth parent? Include the chromosome arrangement of alleles. |
| c. | If a plant grown from a blue wrinkled progeny seed is crossed to a plant grown from a yellow smooth F seed, what kinds of kernels would be expected, and in what proportions? |
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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