Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 8P
A mutant cucumber plant has flowers that fail to open when mature. Crosses can be done with this plant by manually opening and pollinating the flowers with pollen from another plant. When closed × open crosses were done, all the F1 progeny were open. The F2 plants were 145 open and 59 closed. A cross of closed × F1 gave 81 open and 77 closed. How is the closed trait inherited? What evidence led you to your conclusion?
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A mutant cucumber plant has flowers that fail to open when mature. Crosses can be done with this plant by manually opening and pollinating the flowers with pollen from another plant. When closed × open crosses were done, all the F1 progeny were open. The F2 plants were 145 open and 59 closed. A cross of closed × F1 gave 81 open and 77 closed. How is the closed trait inherited? What evidence led you to your conclusion?
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