A homozygous green (yy) pea plant is crossed with a heterozygous yellow (Yy) pea plant. The phenotypic ratio of the offspring is 50 percent Yy and 50 percent yy.
Further Explanation:
Genotypes help in the genetic makeup of any individual. Phenotype describes as a physical characteristic of an individual. The genotype is responsible for the phenotypes of any individual. If two copies of the same alleles present in an organism, its genotype is called homozygous. If two copies of different alleles present in an organism, its genotype is called heterozygous.
When a homozygous dominant individual is crossed with the homozygous recessive individual the resultant offspring has the genotype which is heterozygous and phenotype which is dominant. All possible genotypes of the parent as well as offspring are graphically represented in a Punnett square.
In the given punnet square below, the parent homozygous green plant having a genotype yy is crossed with the parent heterozygous yellow plant having a genotype of Yy. The resultant offspring of filial generation tends to be 50 percent of Yy which means heterozygous and 50 percent yy which means homozygous.
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Answer Details:
Grade: High School
Subject: Biology
Chapter: Mendelian Inheritance
Keywords:
Punnet square, genotype, phenotype, homozygous, heterozygous, allele, characteristics, filial generation, dominant, recessive.