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In pea plants, purple flowers (P) are dominant over white flowers (p) and tall stems (T) are dominant over short stems (t). Complete a dihybrid cross for parents with the genotypes: PpTT x ppTt and answer the following in complete sentences. (5 points)

  1. Describe how you would set up a Punnett square for this cross.

  2. List the likelihood of each possible offspring genotype.

  3. List the likelihood of each possible offspring phenotype.

Verified Answer :

  1. The Punnett square would look like this
         |    PT    |    PT    |    pT    |    pT    |
    pT | PpTT   |  PpTT  |  ppTT |   ppTT |
    pt  | PpTT   |  PpTt   |  ppTt   |  ppTt   |
    pT | PpTT   |  PpTT  |  ppTT |  ppTT  |
    pt  | PpTt    |  PpTt    |  ppTt  |   ppTt  |

    2. Looking at the results, there are:
    PpTT - 5 [5/16 chance]
    PpTt - 3 [3/16 chance]
    ppTT - 4 [4/16 or 1/4 chance]
    ppTt - 4 [4/16 or 1/4 change]

    3. The possible phenotype are:
    Purple and Tall - 8 [8/16 or 1/2 chance]
    White and Tall - 8 [8/16 or 1/2 chance]
    Purple and Short - 0 [0 chance]
    White and Short - 0 [0 chance]