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6. Tall tomato plants are produced by the dominant allele, D, and dwarf plants by its recessive allele, d. Hairy stems are produced by a dominant allele, H, and hairless stems by its recessive allele, h. A dihybrid tall, hairy plant is test crossed. The following F1 offspring were produced: 118 tall, hairy plants 121 dwarf, hairless plants 112 tall hairless plants 109 dwarf, hairy plants
a. What are the genotypes of the parents?
b. Diagram this cross using a Punnett square.
c. What are the genotypes of the F1 generation?
d. What is the ratio of tall to dwarf?
e. What is the ratio of hairy to hairless?
Answer-
According to the given question-
Here we have a tomato plant with two characteristics, one is the
length of the stem another is the presence or absence of hair on
the stem.
the allele for the tall plant = D, Allele for dwarf plant = d.
The tall plant is dominant over the dwarf plant.
the allele for Hairy stems = H, while the allele for hairless stems = h
Hairy stems are dominant over the hairless stem.
When we make a cross between the plant which are dihybrid tall and hairy plant with the true-breeding dwarf plant with hairless stem then we get the following offspring-
The genotype of dihybrid Tall plant with hairy stem = DdHh
The genotype of the true breeding dwarf plant with hairless stem - ddhh
Cross between DdHh ddhh
dh | dh | dh | dh | |
DH | DdHh (Tall Plant with hairy stem) | DdHh (Tall Plant with hairy stem) | DdHh (Tall Plant with hairy stem) | DdHh (Tall Plant with hairy stem) |
Dh | Ddhh (Tall plant with hairless stem) | Ddhh (Tall plant with hairless stem) | Ddhh (Tall plant with hairless stem) | Ddhh (Tall plant with hairless stem) |
dH | ddHh (Dwarf plant with Hairy stem) | ddHh (Dwarf plant with Hairy stem) | ddHh (Dwarf plant with Hairy stem) | ddHh (Dwarf plant with Hairy stem) |
dh | ddhh (Dwarf plant with hairless stem) | ddhh (Dwarf plant with hairless stem) | ddhh (Dwarf plant with hairless stem) | ddhh (Dwarf plant with hairless stem) |
Here we get Tall Plant with hairy stem: Tall plant with hairless stem: Dwarf plant with Hairy stem: Dwarf plant with hairless stem in the ratio of 1: 1: 1: 1.
The observed number of offspring -
tall, hairy plants = 118
tall hairless plants = 112
dwarf, hairy plants = 109
dwarf, hairless plants = 121
Total number of offspring = 118 + 112 + 109 + 121 = 460
Expected number of offspring -
tall, hairy plants = 1 4 460 = 0.25 460 = 115
tall hairless plants = 1 4 460 = 0.25 460 = 115
dwarf, hairy plants = 1 4 460 = 0.25 460 = 115
dwarf, hairless plants = 1 4 460 = 0.25 460 = 115
a. genotypes of the parents = DdHh and ddhh
c. genotypes of the F1 generation - DdHh , Ddhh , ddHh and ddhh
d. ratio of tall to dwarf- 8 tall stem plant and 8 dwarf stem plant was observed out of total 16 plants produced in F1 generation , so the ratio of tall : dwarf = 1 : 1
e. ratio of hairy to hairless- 8 hairy stem plant and 8 hairless stem plant was observed out of total 16 plants produced in F1 generation , so the ratio of hairy : hairless 1 : 1.