In: Statistics and Probability
19.14 Gregor Mendel has been called the “father of genetics,” having formulated laws of inheritance even before the function of DNA was discovered. In one famous experiment with peas, Mendel crossed pure breeds of plants that produced either smooth peas or wrinkled peas. The first-generation peas were all smooth. In the second generation (F2), he obtained 5474 smooth peas and 1850 wrinkled peas. Do these data agree with the conclusion of 75% dominant-trait (in this case “smooth”) occurrence in F2? Conduct a hypothesis test.