In cucumbers, green skin (G) is dominant to striped skin (g). If a farmer crosses a heterozygous (hybrid) cucumber with a homozygous (purebred) striped cucumber, what will the offspring look like?

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Abe

13 April, 13:48

In cucumbers, green skin (G) is dominant to striped skin (g). If a farmer crosses a heterozygous (hybrid) cucumber with a homozygous (purebred) striped cucumber, what will the offspring look like?

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Francis Maddox · Answer 1

Half will be green and half will be striped

Explanation:

Given green skin (G) is dominant to striped skin (g).

Cucumber 1 : Heterozygous (Gg)

Cucumber 2 : Homozygous striped (gg)

When Gg X gg:

G g

g Gg gg

g Gg gg

Half of the offspring will have Gg genotype so they will be green. Other half will have gg genotype so they will be striped.