You Have Obtained an Interesting Flower for Your Garden from Your

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You have obtained an interesting flower for your garden from your neighbour.The neighbour has given you two pure lines of the plant,one with red flowers and one with yellow flowers.You decide to cross them and find that you obtain all orange flowers.The curious molecular geneticist in you decides to test two independent hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: Incomplete dominance;Hypothesis 2: Recessive epistasis.The first step in your test is to self the F₁ orange plants,which you complete only to find that the results do not statistically distinguish the two hypotheses.a)What ratio of yellow,orange,and red would you expect in the F₂ population for each hypothesis and b)what crosses would you complete next to definitively test your two hypotheses?

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Definitions:

Qualitative Research

A research method that explores and understands the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to social or human problems, often using techniques like interviews, observations, and analysis of text and documents.

Normative

Relating to an ideal standard or model, and pertaining to rules that govern behavior within a group or society.

Empirical

Based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic, relating to data which can be measured or observed directly.

Diagnostic

Pertaining to or aiding in the detection and identification of a disease, condition, or distinctive characteristics.