Question

Genetic inheritance is being studied in a certain species of plant in which orange flower color (O) is dominant to white (o) and round leaf shape (S) is dominant to oval (s). A true-breeding orange-flowered, round-leaved male plant (Plant A) is mated with a true-breeding white-flowered, oval-leaved female plant (Plant B) to produce dihybrid offspring plant (Plant C). Assuming normal Mendelian genetics and independent inheritance of these two traits, which gametes might be produced by Plant C?

Answer 1

OS, Os, oS, os

Step-by-step explanation:

To do this, first we need to determine what the genotype of the Plant C offspring is. Since the parents are both true bred, this means that their offspring will get one allele of each parent, of each trait.

Here's a Punnett to help you there

OOSS x ooss

os os os os

OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs

OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs

OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs

OS OoSs OoSs OoSs OoSs

So Plant C would have a genotype of OoSs.

A good trick to determining the gametes of a dihybrid, is the FOIL method. Just like in math, F- first, O-outside, I- inside, and L-Last

Look at the attachment to see the FOIL method: