Use Figure 14

question 56

Multiple Choice

Use Figure 14.1 and the following description to answer the questions below.
In a particular plant, leaf color is controlled by gene locus D. Plants with at least one allele D have dark green leaves, and plants with the homozygous recessive dd genotype have light green leaves. A true-breeding dark-leaved plant is crossed with a light-leaved one, and the F₁ offspring is allowed to self-pollinate. The predicted outcome of the F₂ is diagrammed in the Punnett square shown in Figure 14.1, where 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent the genotypes corresponding to each box within the square.

Figure 14.1
-Which of the boxes marked 1-4 correspond to plants with dark leaves?

• A) 1 only
• B) 1 and 2
• C) 2 and 3
• D) 4 only
• E) 1, 2, and 3

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