Question

A heterozygous pea plant produces violet flowers and yellow, round seeds. Describe the expected genotypes of the gametes produced by Mendelian inheritance. If all three genes are found on the same arm of one chromosome should a scientist predict that inheritance patterns will follow Mendelian genetics?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The genes of the heterozygous pea plant are V for violet flowers, Y for yellow and R for round. Let V, Y, R represent the dominant gene and v,r,y represent the recessive gene.

According to Mendelian theory of inheritance all the genes would be inherited independently.

The expected genotypes of the gametes produced by Mendelian inheritance are VYR, VyR, VYr,Vyr, vYR, vYr, vyR, vyr .

If all three genes are found on the same arm of one chromosome, since the genes are linked to each other, the genes cannot be sorted independently of one another.