Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells. This process is required to produce egg and sperm cells for sexual reproduction.
Answer:
a) 1/2 red, 1/2 pink; b) all pink; c) 1/4 red, 1/2 pink, 1/4 white; d) 1/2 white, 1/2 pink
Explanation:
The flower color trait in snapdragons shows incomplete dominance: the heterozygous genotype produces an intermediate phenotype between the two different homozygous genoytpes.
<u>The possible genotypes and phenotypes are:</u>
- R1R1 : red
- R1R2: pink
- R2R2: white
<h3>a. R1R1 X R1R2
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The R1R1 individual only produces R1 gametes. The R1R2 parent produces 1/2 R1 gametes and 1/2 R2 gametes.
<u>For that reason, the F1 will be:</u>
- 1/2 R1R1 (red)
- 1/2 R1R2 (pink)
<h3>b. R1R1 X R2R2
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The R1R1 individual only produces R1 gametes. The R2R2 parent only produces R2 gametes.
<u>For that reason, the F1 will be</u> :
<h3>c. R1R2 X R1R2
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Both parents are heterozygous. This is a monohybrid cross, and from Mendel's Laws <u>we expect the following offspring:</u>
- 1/4 R1R1 (red)
- 2/4 R1R2 (pink)
- 1/4 R2R2 (white)
<h3 /><h3>d. R1R2 X R2R2</h3>
The R1R2 parent produces 1/2 R1 gametes and 1/2 R2 gametes. The R2R2 individual only produces R2 gametes.
<u>For that reason, the F1 will be:</u>
- 1/2 R2R2 (white)
- 1/2 R1R2 (pink)
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