One of the F1 pea plants with a tall stem and violet flowers
One of the F1 pea plants with a tall stem and violet flowers is test-crossed to produce F2 progeny as follows: 597 plants with tall stems and violet flowers and 203 plants with tall stems and white flowers. What is the genotype of the F1 pea plant?
Solution
TTWw X TTWw
The F1 cross between tall, violet flowered pea plants produce F2 offspring having tall, violet flowers and tall, white flowers in the ratio of 3:1.
The genotype of F1 pea plant is TTWw.
| male/ female | TW | Tw | TW | Tw |
| TW | TTWW (Tall, violet) | TTWw (Tall, violet) | TTWW (Tall, violet) | TTWw (Tall, violet) |
| Tw | TTWw (Tall, violet) | TTww (tall, white) | TTWw (Tall, violet) | TTww (tall, white) |
| TW | TTWW (Tall, violet) | TTWw (Tall, violet) | TTWW (Tall, violet) | TTWw (Tall, violet) |
| Tw | TTWw (Tall, violet) | TTww (tall, white) | TTWw (Tall, violet) | TTww (tall, white) |
