A certain species of plant has four unlinked genetic loci, w, x, y, and z. each genetic locus has one dominant allele and one recessive allele. for a plant with the genotype wwxxyyzz, what is the probability that the plant will produce a gamete with a haploid genotype of wxyz

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Madelynn Singh

20 June, 12:39

A certain species of plant has four unlinked genetic loci, w, x, y, and z. each genetic locus has one dominant allele and one recessive allele. for a plant with the genotype wwxxyyzz, what is the probability that the plant will produce a gamete with a haploid genotype of wxyz

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Sean Reeves · Answer 1

The genotype of the plant is WwXxYyZz.

The plant has a 50% chance of passing each of the alleles of a gene, the dominant or the recessive.

So, for producing the haploid genotype of a gamete Wxyz the chance is

0,5 (W) * 0,5 (x) * 0,5 (y) * 0,5 (z) = 0,0625