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Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

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1. A gardener harvested 3,697 seeds from cross breeding a pure line red-flower petunia and pure line white-flower petunia. Then, he planted the harvested seeds in a 25x25 m plot. He was shocked that all of his planted petunias produced red flowers. Why?

A. The red flower petunia is a dominant trait.

B. The red flower petunia is a recessive trait.

C. The white flower petunia is a dominant trait.

D. The white flower petunia has a heterozygous genotype in flower color.

2. A veterinary doctor found a long tail female cat along the way going to her clinic. She wanted to know if the long tail female cat is a pure breed/line or not? So as a Biology student with genetic subject, which of the following choices can you correctly suggest to her? Considering the long tail trait as dominant trait.

A. She must cross breed it with a short tail female cat

B. She must do a back cross breeding with a short tail male cat

C. She must run a molecular test for the long tail female cat

D. She must do a test cross breeding with a short tail male cat

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