You are attempting to determine the genotype of your C.

Last updated: 7/29/2022

You are attempting to determine the genotype of your C. bonita plant, which generates blush-colored blooms. A quick search tells you that pink blooms are the dominant phenotype; aqua blooms are the recessive phenotype for C. bonita blooms. Sadly, you don't have the capability to determine the genotype using DNA sequencing, but you can perform some mating experiments to help you determine the genotype of your blush- bloomed C. bonita plant. a) If the plant was homozygous dominant, which type of bloom color allele - blush, aqua, or either - would you expect to find in the gametes of your C. bonita plant? b) Using letters, define some alleles for bloom color in C. bonita. c) Now that we've got all that settled, you've decided to run a testcross to help you determine the genotype of your blush-bloomed; this means you'll mate your blush-bloomed plant with an aqua plant. Using all of the information you have and using the letters you've defined in part b, what would be the genotype of that aqua plant? d) You've completed your testcross and have some offspring - YAY! All of the offspring have blush- colored blooms. So, using those letters you've defined in part b, tell me the genotype of your parent blush-bloomed plant.