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 3, Problem 35P
Suppose that blue flower color in a plant species is controlled by two genes, A and B. The dominant alleles A and B specify proteins that function in the pathways shown below. The A and B proteins are both required to make blue pigment from a colorless precursor. A and B proteins also independently inhibit the production of blue pigment from a different colorless precursor; that is, the presence of either protein A or protein B is sufficient to prevent blue pigment production from precursor 2. The recessive mutant alleles a and b specify no protein. Two different pure-breeding mutant strains with white flowers were crossed, and complementation was observed so that all the F were blue.
| a. | What are the genotypes of each white mutant strain and the F1? |
| b. | If the F1 are selfed, what would be the |
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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