You cross a truebreeding normal corn plant with a true breeding plant with varie

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You cross a truebreeding normal corn plant with a true breeding plant with variegated seed coat and colorless endosperm. You suspect the genes are linked, so you cross one of the resulting normal offspring to a true breeding variegated, colorless plant. What are your expected results if the genes are completely linked?

  

A) 1 normal: 1 variegated: 1 colorless: 1 variegated and colorless B) 9 normal: 3 variegated: 3 colorless: 1 variegated and colorless C) 3 normal: 1 variegated and colorless D) 3 variegated and colorless: 1 normal

Explanation / Answer

If the genes are completely linked, then we can expect 3 normal and 1 variegated and colorless offsprings.

Hence, the correct option is (C) 3 normal: 1 variegated and colorless

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