AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

LAW OF DOMINANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Round seed shape is dominant to wrinkled seed shape in pea plants. What genotypic ratio would you expect to see in the offspring if you cross two pea plants with wrinkled seeds?
A
1RR:2Rr:1rr
B
2RR:2Rr:0rr
C
0RR:4Rr:0rr
D
0RR:0Rr:4rr
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A pure round seed plant is crossed with the pure wrinkled seed plant. The genotypic ratio shall be 1:2:1. Q. In garden pea plant, a pure line with round seeds(RR) is crossed with a pure line having wrinkled seeds (rr).

Detailed explanation-2: -In the F1 generation, 50% of the offspring produced wrinkled seeds.

Detailed explanation-3: -The selfing of F1 will give F2 generation, where there will be one homozygous dominant round seed plant (RR), two heterozygous round seed plants (Rr) and 1 homozygous recessive wrinkled seed plant (rr). Phenotypically, there will be 3 round seed plants and 1 wrinkled seed plant. Hence, the correct answer is ‘3:1’.

Detailed explanation-4: -A round seeded plant ( R ) is dominant to a wrinkled seeded plant ( r). What parental genotypes will produce offspring that are 50% homozygous dominant and 50% heterozygous dominant ? Q. Round seeded (RR) plant is crossed with wrinkled seeded plant (rr).

Detailed explanation-5: -Final answer: If a round, green seeded pea plant (RRyy) is crossed with a wrinkled, yellow seeded pea plant, (rrYY) the seeds produced in the F1 generation are round and yellow.

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