In pea plants, the flowers can be purple or white. The diagram shows three generations of pea plant crosses.
Using the pea flower color cross, identify the pattern of inheritance (simple dominance, codominance or incomplete dominance) shown and explain how the cross shows this pattern.
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Question 2
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When Mendel crossed a purple flowered pea plant with a white flowered pea plant, the offspring always had purple flowers. When he crossed the offspring with each other, the second-generation offspring had some white flower plants. What conclusions can can be drawn from this observation?
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Question 3
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In guinea pigs black fur (B) is dominant over brown fur (b). If you breed guinea pigs with the genotype Bb and Bb, what is the likelihood of breeding offspring that has black fur?
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Question 4
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A heterozygous tall pea plant (Tt) is crossed with a short plant (tt). The probability that the offspring will be tall is
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Question 5
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One of the parents of a child has phenylketonuria (PKU), which is caused by recessive alleles. The other parent does not have the PKU alleles (not a carrier either). What is the chance that the couple will have a child with phenylketonuria (recessive)?