Direction: Read the given problem and answer the following questions. Write your answer in your activity notebook. Spongebob loves growing flowers for his pal Sandy. Her favorite flowers, Poofkins, are found in red, blue nd purple. Use the information provided and your knowledge of incomplete dominance to complete each section below. 1. Write the correct genotype for each color if R represents a red gene and r represents a blue gene. Red: Blue: Purple: 2. What would happen if Spongebob crossed a Poofkin with red flowers with a Poofkin with blue flowers. Complete the Punnett square to work out the probabilities of every flower color. a. Give the genotype and phenotype of the offspring. b. How many of the plants would have red flowers? c. How many of the plants would have purple flowers? d. How many of the plants would have blue flowers? % % 3. What would happen if Spongebob crossed two Poofkin with purple flowers? Complete the Punnett Square to work out the probabilities of every flower color.
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Answer:
1. The correct genotype for each color would be:
Red: RR
Blue: rr
Purple: Rr
2. Punnett Square:
R = Red gene
r = Blue gene
R r
R RR Rr
r Rr rr
a. The genotype and phenotype of the offspring:
Genotype: RR Rr Rr rr
Phenotype: Red Purple Purple Blue
b. The number of plants with red flowers: 2
c. The number of plants with purple flowers: 2
d. The number of plants with blue flowers: 1
3. Punnett Square:
R = Red gene
r = Blue gene
R r
R RR Rr
R RR Rr
a. The genotype and phenotype of the offspring:
Genotype: RR RR Rr Rr
Phenotype: Red Red Purple Purple
b. The number of plants with red flowers: 2
c. The number of plants with purple flowers: 2
d. The number of plants with blue flowers: 0