In corn, red kernel color (R) is dominant to yellow (r) and

Last updated: 7/30/2022

In corn, red kernel color (R) is dominant to yellow (r) and smooth kernel texture (W) is dominant to wrinkled (w). Corn heterozygous for kernel color and kernel texture are fertilized with corn that is yellow and wrinkled resulting in the following phenotypic offspring were observed: red smooth; red wrinkled; yellow smooth; yellow wrinkled A chi-square value of 25.52 was calculated from the data collected. Answer the following questions: a. What is expected from the cross described? b. Why is this expected? c. Based on the chi-square value given above, state whether observations matched expectations by referring to p-value and probability. d. Do the data conform to Mendelian expectation? d. If observations do not match expectations, discuss two possible reasons why