Two Genes of a Flower, One Controlling Blue (B)versus White

question 69

Essay

Two genes of a flower, one controlling blue (B)versus white (b)petals and the other controlling round (R)versus oval (r)stamens, are linked and are 10 map units apart. You cross a homozygous blue-oval plant with a homozygous white-round plant. The resulting F1 progeny are crossed with homozygous white-oval plants, and 1,000 F2 progeny are obtained. How many F2 plants of each of the four phenotypes do you expect?

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