Andrew discovered a wheat plant with a strong stem (straw) that stood up to the wind. He identified three characteristics or genes in the wheat plant that he would like to have in the wheat. He calculated the percent homozygosity by using the following formula:





Where: m is the number of generations.

n is the number of gene pairs.

What is the percent homozygosity with three gene pairs after three generations?


67%

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What will be an ideal response?

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