A flowering plant obeys Mendelian genetics where the yellow flower is dominant over pink flowers. You are given a yellow flowering plant.

What type of plant would you use to perform a test-cross with this plant to determine its genotype?

a) True breeding yellow flowering plant

b) F1 generation plant

c) True breeding purple flowering plant

d) True breeding pink flowering plant

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Triston Atkinson

17 October, 09:53

A flowering plant obeys Mendelian genetics where the yellow flower is dominant over pink flowers. You are given a yellow flowering plant.

What type of plant would you use to perform a test-cross with this plant to determine its genotype?

a) True breeding yellow flowering plant

b) F1 generation plant

c) True breeding purple flowering plant

d) True breeding pink flowering plant

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Adriel Cannon · Answer 1

option D

Explanation:

This is to test for the genotype of an organism that shows the dominant phenotype for a particular trait trait. To perform a testcross in determining the genotype of a plant, a true breeding pink flowering plant is usually utilized.