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Chapter 5, Problem 7QP
Sunflowers with flowers 10 cm in diameter are crossed with a plant that has 20-cm flowers. The F1 plants have flowers 15 cm in diameter. In the F2 generation, 4 flowers are 10 cm in diameter and 4 are 20 cm in diameter. Between these are 5
- a. Assuming that the alleles that contribute to flower diameter act additively, how many genes control flower size in this strain of sunflowers?
- b. How much does each additive allele contribute to flower diameter?
- c. What size flower makes up the largest phenotypic class?
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