Question

Gregor mendel set up a dihybrid cross with one pea plant from the parental generation (p) producing round yellow peas and the other pea plant producing wrinkled green peas. the f2 generation included 315 plants producing round yellow peas, 108 with round green peas, 101 with wrinkled yellow peas, and 32 with wrinkled green peas. how would these results have differed if pea shape and pea color had been linked genes, located close together on the same chromosome

Answer 1

The F2 generation would have included a higher percentage of pea plants producing round, yellow peas. As the f2 generation included 315 plants producing round yellow peas, 108 with round green peas, 101 with wrinkled yellow peas, and 32 with wrinkled green peas which all are in the ratio 9:3:3:1.