White Fruit Color in Summer Squash Is Influenced by a Dominant

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White fruit color in summer squash is influenced by a dominant allele W , while colored fruit must be ww . In the presence of ww , a dominant gene G results in yellow fruit, and if the individual had both recessive genes in the homozygous condition, it would be green. Give the F ₂ phenotypic ratios resulting from a cross of a pure-breeding white of genotype WW GG with a green.

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