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question 59

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
A plantlike organism on the planet Pandora can have three recessive genetic traits: bluish leaves, due to an allele (a) of gene A; a feathered stem, due to an allele (b) of gene B; and hollow roots due to an allele (c) of gene C. The three genes are linked and recombine as follows:
A geneticist did a testcross with an organism that had been found to be heterozygous for the three recessive traits and she was able to identify progeny of the following phenotypic distribution (+ = wild type) :

-Which of the following are the phenotypes of the parents in this cross?

• A) 2 and 5
• B) 1 and 6
• C) 4 and 8
• D) 3 and 7
• E) 1 and 2

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