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Dr. Ara B. Dopsis has an idea he thinks will be a boon to agriculture. He wants to create the “pomato,” a hybrid between a tomato (Lycopersiconesculentum) that has
How many chromosomes will the hybrid have before chromosome doubling?
Will this hybrid be infertile?
How many chromosomes will the polyploid have after chromosome doubling?
Can Dr.Dopsis be sure the polyploid will have the characteristics he wants? Why or why not?
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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- You are studying a plant with tissue comprising both green and white sectors. You wish to decide whether this phenomenon is due (1) to a chloroplast mutation of the type considered in this chapter or (2) to a dominant nuclear mutation that inhibits chlorophyll production and is present only in certain tissue layers of the plant as a mosaic. Outline the experimental approach that you would use to resolve this problem.arrow_forwardOn chromosome 4 in Nuerospora, the allele pyr-1 results in a pyrimidine requirement for growth. A cross is made between a pyr-1 and pyr+ strain and the following results were obtained: 26 of a 2:4:2 pattern of pyr-1:pyr+:pyr-1 25 of a 2:4:2 pattern of pyr+:pyr-1:pyr+ 24 of a 2:2:2:2 pattern of pyr-1:pyr+:pyr-1:pyr+ 457 of a 4:4 pattern of pyr-1:pyr+ 27 of a 2:2:2:2 pattern of pyr+:pyr-1:pyr+:pyr-1 452 of a 4:4 pattern of pyr+:pyr-1 What is the distance of the pyr locus to the centromere? Show your work.arrow_forwardJA yeast proline, histidine auxotroph is mated with a prototroph and the diploid cell is sporulated. a.) Write out the cross that generated the diploid cell? b. ) List the types of tetrads and the genotypes of each spore in the tetrad that will occur if this diploid cell is sporulated.arrow_forward
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