Genetic inheritance is being studied in a certain species of plant in which orange flower color (O) is dominant to white (o) and
round leaf shape (S) is dominant to oval (s). A true-breeding orange-flowered, round-leaved male plant (Plant A) is mated with a true-breeding white-flowered, oval-leaved female plant (Plant B) to produce dihybrid offspring plant (Plant C). Assuming normal Mendelian genetics and independent inheritance of these two traits, which gametes might be produced by Plant C?
1 answer:
Answer:
OS, Os, oS, os
Explanation:
To do this, first we need to determine what the genotype of the Plant C offspring is. Since the parents are both true bred, this means that their offspring will get one allele of each parent, of each trait.
Here's a Punnett to help you there
OOSS x ooss
os os os os
OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs
OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs
OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs
OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs
So Plant C would have a genotype of OoSs.
A good trick to determining the gametes of a dihybrid, is the FOIL method. Just like in math, F- first, O-outside, I- inside, and L-Last
Look at the attachment to see the FOIL method:
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