Many of the color varieties of summer squash are determined by two different interacting genes A and B: AA or Aa gives white colored squash, aaBB or aaBb gives yellow squash, and aabb produces green squash. A plant producing white squash is self-crossed. Three fourths of the offspring produces white squash; one fourth produces green squash. What is the genotype of the parent plant producing white squash?

Many of the color varieties of summer squash are determined by two different interacting genes A and B: AA or Aa gives white colored squash, aaBB or aaBb gives yellow squash, and aabb produces green squash. A plant producing white squash is self-crossed. Three fourths of the offspring produces white squash; one fourth produces green squash. What is the genotype of the parent plant producing white squash?

Concepts of Biology

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Chapter8: Patterns Of Inheritance

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2ACQ: Figure 8.10 In pea plants, purple flowers (P) are dominant to white (p), and yellow peas (Y) are...

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