In peas, purple is dominant over white for flower color. Suppose a purple flower is crossed with a white flower. Some of the offspring are purple, and others are white. What is the genotype of the original purple flower?

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abhisar · Answer

Hello @min7236 ,
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abhisar · Answer

Let's see what happens when we cross Purple flower with white flower. There can be two cases, one when the purple is due to homozygosity and the other when purple is due to heterozygosity. Let's discuss both the cases one by one and see which one would produce both purple and white flower.

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Case 1 PP X pp
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Case 2 Pp X pp
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