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A mouse from a true-breeding population with normal gait was crossed to a mouse displaying an...

A mouse from a true-breeding population with normal gait was crossed to a mouse displaying an odd gait called “dancing.” The F1 animals all showed normal gait. If dancing is caused by homozygosity for the recessive allele of a single gene, what proportion of the F2 mice should be dancers if you cross two F1 mice?

25%

50%

75%

0%

33%

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The proportion of the F2 mice should be dancers when you cross two F1 mice = 25%

Let's assume a gene code for the gait character.

G - Dominant allele

g - Recessive allele

  • First cross:

Here a true-breeding mouse with normal gait was crossed with a mouse with a dancing trait ( dancing is caused by homozygosity for the recessive allele).

parental genotypes: GG (Normal) gg (Dancing)

gametes: G g

F1 :

G
g Gg(Normal gait)

F1   Gg (Normal gait)

(From the F1 progeny, we can understand that normal gait is dominant over dancing).

  • Second cross :

The crossing of two F1 mice

F1 F1

Parental genotypes: Gg Gg

Gametes: G g G g

F2:

G g
G GG (Normal) Gg (Normal)
g Gg (Normal) gg (Dancing)

Here, out of 4 chances, only one becomes a dancer. i.e., probability of dancers in F2 = 1/4 = 25%

The proportion of the F2 mice should be dancers = 25%


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