While doing field work in Madagascar, you discover a new dragonfly species that has either red (R) or clear (r) wings. Initial crosses indicate that R is dominant to r. You perform three crosses using three different sets of red-winged parents with unknown genotype and observe the following data: Cross Phenotypes 72 red-winged, 24 clear-winged 4 red-winged 96 red-winged 1 2 3 What is the most likely genotype for Cross 1?

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While doing field work in Madagascar, you discover a new dragonfly species that has either red (R) or clear (r) wings. Initial crosses
indicate that R is dominant to r. You perform three crosses using three different sets of red-winged parents with unknown genotype and
observe the following data:
Cross Phenotypes
72red-winged, 24 clear-winged
4 red-winged
96 red-winged
1
What is the most likely genotype for Cross 1?
O RR X Rr
O RR X rr
O Rr X rr
O Rr X Rr
23
Transcribed Image Text:While doing field work in Madagascar, you discover a new dragonfly species that has either red (R) or clear (r) wings. Initial crosses indicate that R is dominant to r. You perform three crosses using three different sets of red-winged parents with unknown genotype and observe the following data: Cross Phenotypes 72red-winged, 24 clear-winged 4 red-winged 96 red-winged 1 What is the most likely genotype for Cross 1? O RR X Rr O RR X rr O Rr X rr O Rr X Rr 23
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