Question 5 [HINT: This problem wants you to calculate gene number from the proportion of individuals in the extreme classes, not from the number of phenotypes.] A farmer has two pure-breeding varieties of tomatoes: Little Pete (average fruit diameter 2cm) and Big Boy (average fruit diameter 14 cm). The farmer crosses Little Pete and Big Boy and obtains F1 plants with fruit averaging 8cm in diameter. When he intercrosses the F1s to obtain F2s, he examines 2000 F2 plants and finds two plants that produce fruit even smaller than Little Pete and three plants that produce fruit even larger than Big Boy. From these data, how many genes can we infer are involved in controlling fruit size in these plants? What is the genotype of Little Pete? What is the genotype of Big Boy? What is the genotype of the F1s? What are the genotypes that are bigger than Big Boy? What are the genotypes that are smaller than Little Pete?

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[HINT: This problem wants you to calculate gene number from the proportion of individuals in the extreme classes, not from the number of phenotypes.] A
farmer has two pure-breeding varieties of tomatoes: Little Pete (average fruit diameter 2cm) and Big Boy (average fruit diameter 14 cm). The farmer crosses
Little Pete and Big Boy and obtains F1 plants with fruit averaging 8cm in diameter. When he intercrosses the F1s to obtain F2s, he examines 2000 F2 plants
and finds two plants that produce fruit even smaller than Little Pete and three plants that produce fruit even larger than Big Boy.
From these data, how many genes can we infer are involved in controlling fruit size in these plants?
What is the genotype of Little Pete?
What is the genotype of Big Boy?
What is the genotype of the F1s?
What are the genotypes that are bigger than Big Boy?
What are the genotypes that are smaller than Little Pete?
Transcribed Image Text:Question 5 [HINT: This problem wants you to calculate gene number from the proportion of individuals in the extreme classes, not from the number of phenotypes.] A farmer has two pure-breeding varieties of tomatoes: Little Pete (average fruit diameter 2cm) and Big Boy (average fruit diameter 14 cm). The farmer crosses Little Pete and Big Boy and obtains F1 plants with fruit averaging 8cm in diameter. When he intercrosses the F1s to obtain F2s, he examines 2000 F2 plants and finds two plants that produce fruit even smaller than Little Pete and three plants that produce fruit even larger than Big Boy. From these data, how many genes can we infer are involved in controlling fruit size in these plants? What is the genotype of Little Pete? What is the genotype of Big Boy? What is the genotype of the F1s? What are the genotypes that are bigger than Big Boy? What are the genotypes that are smaller than Little Pete?
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