Question

In maize, yellow kernel color is dominant to white, and wrinkled kernel shape is dominant to the smooth form. Considering both of these traits jointly in self- fertilized dihybrids, the progeny appeared in the following numbers: 193 white, genes assort independently? Support your conclusion using appropriate statistical analysis. wrinkled; 184 yellow smooth; 556 yellow, wrinkled: 61 white smooth

Answer 1

yellow, wrinkled are high in population whereas white smooth is lower in population.

Step-by-step explanation:

Due to self-fertilized dihybrids, the offspring are yellow wrinkled, hybrid and white smooth. 556 yellow, wrinkled are high in population because of the dominant allele while on the other hand, 61 white smooth are obtained and less in number due to recessive nature that comes very little in the population. 184 yellow smooth and 193 white, wrinkled are the hybrid offspring that has both different characteristics from their parents.