In the tubular flowers of foxgloves, wild-type coloration is red while a mutation called white produces white flowers. Another mutation, called peloria, causes the flowers at the apex of the stem to be huge. Yet another mutation, called dwarf, affects stem length. You cross a white-flowered plant (otherwise
dwarf, peloria 172
white 162
dwarf, peloria,
white 56
wild type 48
dwarf, white 51
peloria 43
dwarf 6
peloria, white 5
a. | Which alleles are dominant? |
b. | What were the genotypes of the parents in the original cross? |
c. | Draw a map showing the linkage relationships of these three loci. |
d. | Do the data provide evidence for interference? If so, calculate the coefficient of coincidence and the interference value. |
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ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
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