Question

In pea plants, the allele for purple flower color is dominant to the allele for white flower color. If you were to perform a test cross to determine the genotype of a purple-flowered plant, what would you expect the phenotypic ratio of purple-flowered to white-flowered progeny to be if the plant is homozygous? And what would you expect if the plant is heterozygous?
A. If the purple-flowered plant is homozygous, then the progeny would all have purple flowers; if the purple-flowered plant is heterozygous, then the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 1:1 ratio.
B. If the purple-flowered plant is homozygous, than the progeny would all have white flowers; if the purple-flowered plant is heterozygous, then the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 1:1 ratio.
C. If the purple-flowered plant is homozygous, than the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 1:3 ratio; if the purple-flowered plant is heterozygous, then the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 1:1 ratio.
D. If the purple-flowered plant is homozygous, than the progeny would all have purple flowers; if the purple-flowered plant is heterozygous, then the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 3:1 ratio.
E. If the purple-flowered plant is homozygous, than the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 1:3 ratio; if the purple-flowered plant is heterozygous, then the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 1:3 ratio.

Answer 1

Answer:

In pea plants, the allele for purple flower color is dominant to the allele for white flower color. If you were to perform a test cross to determine the genotype of a purple-flowered plant, what would you expect the phenotypic ratio of purple-flowered to white-flowered progeny to be if the plant is homozygous? And what would you expect if the plant is heterozygous

D. If the purple-flowered plant is homozygous, than the progeny would all have purple flowers; if the purple-flowered plant is heterozygous, then the progeny would have purple to white flowers in a 3:1 ratio.

for homozygous plant, the genotype progeny would be Pp, Pp, Pp, Pp

ratio of purple-flowered plant would be 4:0 all purple

for heterozygous plant, the genotype would be  PP, Pp, Pp, pp

ratio of purple-flowered would be 3:1

Explanation:

From the above experiment

let purple flower be represented with P

Let white flower be represented with p

then;

for homozygous plant, the genotype progeny would be Pp, Pp, Pp, Pp

ratio of purple-flowered plant would be 4:0 all purple

for heterozygous plant, the genotype would be  PP, Pp, Pp, pp

ratio of purple-flowered would be 3:1