A New Kind of Tulip Is Produced That Develops Only

question 40

Multiple Choice

A new kind of tulip is produced that develops only purple or pink flowers. Assume that flower color is controlled by a single-gene locus and that the purple allele (C) is dominant to the pink allele (c) . A random sample of 1000 tulips from a large cultivated field yields 847 purple flowers and 153 pink flowers. Estimate the proportion of all purple flowering plants that are heterozygotes and homozygotes.

• A) heterozygotes = 694, homozygotes = 153
• B) heterozygotes = 565, homozygotes = 282
• C) heterozygotes = 476, homozygotes = 372
• D) heterozygotes = 424, homozygotes = 423
• E) heterozygotes = 0, homozygotes = 847

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