Answer:
The correct answer is -
a. 7
b. 7 (p1p1, p1p2, p1p3, p1p4, p1p5, etc
c. p7 is abundant
Explanation:
According the question the dominance of the big leaves is p7 > p6 >p5 >p4 >p3 >p2 >p1 where 1 represent least dominance and 7 represent most dominance
let represent the phenotype with the numbers 1 to 7 and genotype with a combination of these numbers so the genotype in respect of phenotype would be :
p7p7,p7p6, p7p5, p7p4, p7p3, p7p2, p7p1 - most dominant 7
p6p6, p6p5, p6p4, p6p3, p6p2, p6p1 - 6
p5p5, p5p4, p5p3, p5p2, p5p1 - 5
p4p4, p4p3, p4p2, p4p1 - 4
p3p3, p3p2, p3p1 - 3
p2p2, p2p1 - 2
p1p1- 1 least dominant
Thus, there are 28 different combinations or patterns of genotypes. 7 phenotypes patterns.
