. Seedless watermelons that you find in the supermarketare triploids, where x = 11. . What is the probability that a particular seed in atriploid watermelon will be viable? (Recall that aviable seed is a euploid zygote.)
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. Seedless watermelons that you find in the supermarket
are triploids, where x = 11.
. What is the probability that a particular seed in a
triploid watermelon will be viable? (Recall that a
viable seed is a euploid zygote.)
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- Seedless watermelons that you find in the supermarketare triploids, where x = 11.a. At what frequency are balanced gametes generatedby triploid watermelons?b. What is the probability that a particular seed in atriploid watermelon will be viable? (Recall that aviable seed is a euploid zygote.)c. What is the ploidy of the viable seed in part (b)?More than one answer may applyLarge ear of corn has a total of 433 grains, including 26 Yellow & Shrunken, 73 Purple & Shrunken, 63 Yellow & Smooth, and 271 Purple & Smooth. Determine whether the ratio of corn kernels support the hypothesis that the plant is heterozygous.Seedless watermelons that you find in the supermarketare triploids, where x = 11.a. At what frequency are balanced gametes generatedby triploid watermelons?
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