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If a pink flowered snapchagon plant is crossed with a white flowered snapdragan plant. What will be the phenotype of their progeny? |
Only pink flowered Pink, white and red flowered Only white flowered Pink and white flowered |
Pink and white flowered |
The correct answer is Option (4)- Pink and white flowered When a pink-flowered snapdragon plant (which is likely heterozygous for flower color) is crossed with a white-flowered snapdragon plant (which is likely homozygous recessive for flower color), the possible outcomes for the progeny can be determined using Punnett squares. Let's represent the alleles for flower color:
The pink-flowered plant's genotype could be Rr, and the white-flowered plant's genotype is rr. The Punnett square for this cross would look like this: From this Punnett square, we can see that:
Therefore, the progeny will have a mix of pink and white flowered snapdragon plants. So, option 4 is correct. |