I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO confused. It's seriously giving me a headache. I don't understand how to get the answers at all. Can someone please help me understand? I'm not asking anyone to do my homework for me, I need help to understand so I can get the answers myself. So please check the answers that I put (I grasped at what I could barely understand) and tell me where I'm confused?
Snapdragons are popular garden plants that produce brightly colored flowers. When a plant that is homozygous for white flowers is crossed with a plant that is homozygous for red flowers, all offspring are pink. Snapdragons are an example of a plant that exhibits an inheritance pattern called incomplete dominance.
1. Determine the genotype of each parent plant and write them below. Use W to indicate the allele for white flowers and R to indicate the allele for red flowers.
My Answer:
Genotype of homozygous parent plant with white flowers: Ww
Genotype of homozygous parent plant with red flowers: Rr
2. Next, think about the gametes each parent plant will produce. List the alleles in each gamete.
My Answer:
Parent plant with white flowers:
Gamete 1: Red
Gamete 2: Light Pink
Gamete 3: Light Pink
Gamete 4: White
Parent plant with red flowers:
Gamete 1: Red
Gamete 2: Light pink
Gamete 3: Light pink
Gamete 4: White
Snapdragons are popular garden plants that produce brightly colored flowers. When a plant that is homozygous for white flowers is crossed with a plant that is homozygous for red flowers, all offspring are pink. Snapdragons are an example of a plant that exhibits an inheritance pattern called incomplete dominance.
1. Determine the genotype of each parent plant and write them below. Use W to indicate the allele for white flowers and R to indicate the allele for red flowers.
My Answer:
Genotype of homozygous parent plant with white flowers: Ww
Genotype of homozygous parent plant with red flowers: Rr
2. Next, think about the gametes each parent plant will produce. List the alleles in each gamete.
My Answer:
Parent plant with white flowers:
Gamete 1: Red
Gamete 2: Light Pink
Gamete 3: Light Pink
Gamete 4: White
Parent plant with red flowers:
Gamete 1: Red
Gamete 2: Light pink
Gamete 3: Light pink
Gamete 4: White