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 36P
Two genes control color in corn snakes as follows: O– B– snakes are brown, O– bb are orange, oo B– are black, and oo bb are albino. A brown snake was mated to an albino snake, and a large number of F progeny were obtained, all of which were brown. When the F snakes were mated to one another, they produced 100 brown offspring, 25 orange, 22 black, and 13 albino.
a. | What are the genotypes of the F1 snakes? |
b. | What proportions of the different colors would have been expected among the F snakes if the two loci assort independently? |
c. | Do the observed results differ significantly from what was expected, assuming independent assortment is occurring? |
d. | What is the probability that differences this great between observed and expected values would happen by chance? |
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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