In a Certain Species of Plant, Flowers Occur in Three

question 10

Multiple Choice

In a certain species of plant, flowers occur in three colors: blue, pink, and white.A pure-breeding pink plant is mated with a pure-breeding white plant.All of the F₁ are blue.When the blue F₁ plants are selfed, the F₂ occur in the ratio 9 blue:3 pink:4 white.The genotype that produces white is ww.The presence of one W allele allows pink or blue color to occur.The alleles at the hypostatic locus are B (blue) and b (pink) .What is the genotype of the F₁ plants?

• A)bb WW
• B)bb Ww
• C)Bb Ww
• D)Bb ww
• E)BB ww

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