In the experiment determining the parental genotype of plant seedlings from a monohybrid cross, if the dominant color was green (C) and the recessive color was white (c), what would the parental genotype have been if plate 1 only contained white seedlings instead of all green?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans:

Alleles -
C - Dominant and c - recessive.
Genotypes and phenotypes :-
CC (homozygous dominant) = Green seedlings.
Cc (Heterozygous) = Green seedlings.
cc (Homozygous recessive ) = White seedlings.
Now in question,
Plate 1 has only white seedlings (cc).
• It is only possible when parents have only recessive alleles or parents are in homozygous recessive condition.
So, genotype of parents = cc (homozygous recessive).
• If any parent has dominant allele in genotype and this allele will transferred to offsprings and offsprings will have dominant phenotype (green seedlings). This will unfollow conditions of question.

So,
Genotype of parents = cc.
Gametes = only 'c' type.
Genotype of offsprings = cc.

Biology & Microbiology

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