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A blue colour flower plant denoted by BB is cross-bred with that of white colour flower plant denoted by bb. (a) State the colour of flower you would expect in their F1 generation plants. (b) What must be the percentage of white flower plants in ...
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A blue colour flower plant denoted by BB is cross-bred with that of white colour flower plant denoted by bb.
(a) State the colour of flower you would expect in their F1 generation plants.
(b) What must be the percentage of white flower plants in F2 generation if flowers of F1 plants are self-pollinated?
(c) State the expected ratio of the genotypes BB and Bb in the F2 progeny.
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30/11/2020 4:45 pm
(a) The colour of all the flowers in F1 generation will be blue.
(b) Percentage of white flower plants in F2 generation will be 25.
(c) The ratio of genotype BB and Bb in F2 progeny will be 1: 2.
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