A neighbour gives a home gardener some seeds that he collected last year from his red carnations. The gardener plants 50 of the seeds and is surprised to find 12 of the plants have white flowers. Assuming that all seeds came from one cross. What is the genotype of the parents?

A neighbour gives a home gardener some seeds that he collected last year from his red carnations. The gardener plants 50 of the seeds and is surprised to find 12 of the plants have white flowers. Assuming that all seeds came from one cross. What is the genotype of the parents?

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Concepts of Biology

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Author:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

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Chapter8: Patterns Of Inheritance

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Problem 2ACQ: Figure 8.10 In pea plants, purple flowers (P) are dominant to white (p), and yellow peas (Y) are...

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