- Nov 18, 1999
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Genetics Question
Parents
ppRR (rose comb) PPrr (pea comb)
Offspring
PpRr (walnut comb)
permitted to interbreed amongst one another
Yields 9:3:3:1 ratio (Walnutea:rose:single)
Can anyone help me in identifying the pathway that permits the 2 enzymes that arise from genes P and R (when functional) that produce a walnut comb.
e.g. Single comb ----- Enzyme A (P functional)---> rose comb ------------Enzyme B (R functional)----> walnut comb
This given pathway of course doesn't yield the correct results because should p be non-functional, yet R be functional, then the rose comb phenotype still arises. Also, the same is true should the two genes be reversed (e.g. functional P and nonfunctional R). P and R need to be functional in order for walnut comb to arise.
Any ideas fellas?
Parents
ppRR (rose comb) PPrr (pea comb)
Offspring
PpRr (walnut comb)
permitted to interbreed amongst one another
Yields 9:3:3:1 ratio (Walnutea:rose:single)
Can anyone help me in identifying the pathway that permits the 2 enzymes that arise from genes P and R (when functional) that produce a walnut comb.
e.g. Single comb ----- Enzyme A (P functional)---> rose comb ------------Enzyme B (R functional)----> walnut comb
This given pathway of course doesn't yield the correct results because should p be non-functional, yet R be functional, then the rose comb phenotype still arises. Also, the same is true should the two genes be reversed (e.g. functional P and nonfunctional R). P and R need to be functional in order for walnut comb to arise.
Any ideas fellas?