NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If all four offspring are heterozygous or hybrid, what are the genotypes of the parents?
A
RR, rr
B
rr, rr
C
Rr, Rr
D
rr, Rr
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -RR x rr. You’ll note that 100% of all offspring are Rr, which is the genotype. Since the genotype for all offspring are the same, and the Rr genotype encodes a pink color, then 100% of the phenotypes will be pink (NOT red-remember that this is incomplete dominance).

Detailed explanation-2: -Individuals carrying two identical alleles (RR or rr) are known as homozygous. While individual organisms bearing different alleles (Rr) are known as heterozygous.

Detailed explanation-3: -Number of genotypes for a given number of alleles Given n alleles at a locus, the number genotypes possible is the sum of the integers between 1 and n: With 2 alleles, the number of genotypes is 1 + 2 = 3. 3 alleles there are 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 genotypes. 4 alleles there are 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 genotypes.

Detailed explanation-4: -If someone possesses both the dominant and recessive alleles for tongue rolling, we would write his or her genotype as “Rr”. The capital R shows that there is one dominant allele for tongue rolling, and the lower case r represents the other, recessive allele.

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