Pea plant reproduction can be simulated with coin tossing.

Last updated: 7/11/2022

Pea plant reproduction can be simulated with coin tossing. The equally likely outcomes of heads and tails are used to simulate the transfer of equally likely genes R and r from two Rr pea plants (red-flowered because R is dominant, bu carrying both red and white genes). Two coins, heads representing R and tails have been tossed 50 times for the simulation. Using the color interpretation hh = red, ht=th=red, and tt = white gives the sequence of flower colors in offspring shown below. red-red-red-white-red-red-red-red-red red-red-red-white-red-red-red-red-red red-red-red-red-red-white-red-white red-red-red-red-red-white-white-red white-white-red-red-red-red-red-white red-red-white-red-red-white-white-white Use the given sequence of flower colors to approximate the probabilitythat five successive offspring all will have red flowers.