Answer to Question #141072 in Genetics for munashe

Question

two homozygous foxglove plants were hybridized and F1 family produced. one parent had dark red flowers(DDww) and the other had white flowers (ddWW) The F1 population (white flowers) was self-pollinated and 300 F2 progeny were examined. The following was numbers of phenotypes were observed. white 255, red 57, pink 18 and the total 300. a) phenotype ratio b) type of epistatic interaction c) complete an appropriate analysis to explain and interpret this segregation pattern

Answer 1

a) 3:1

b)Dominant epistatic interaction

c) Is a balanced 10;18 chromosome translocation is segregating through generations.