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25 February, 17:14

In the sweet pea crossing experiment by Bateson and Punnet, the F2 generation had many more offspring with the phenotypes of purple flowers P, long pollen L and red flowers p, round pollen l than expected from independent assortment. (The parental cross was between PPLL x ppll plants.) The F2 generation can be explained because

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  1. 25 February, 19:03
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    The F2 generation can be explained because the alleles for flower colour and pollen shape are linked.

    Explanation:

    When two alleles are linked on the same chromosome, there is a high tendency for the alleles to be inherited together. Consequently, the frequency of the alleles recombining in subsequent generations is low.

    This is what Bateson and Punnet observed. There exist a linkage between P and L alleles and also p and l alleles, thereby increasing their frequencies of occurring together and decreasing the frequency of their recombination.

    Thus, the F2 generation observed by Bateson and Punnet is due to linkage of alleles.
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