2. In corn, the G gene encodes an enzyme that synthesizes anthocyanin and produces purple leaves....

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2. In corn, the G gene encodes an enzyme that synthesizes anthocyanin and produces purple leaves. g/g plants have green leaves. A second gene R is required for smooth leaves and r/r plants have wrinkled leaves. A heterozygous plant with purple-smooth leaves was crossed to a plant with green-wrinkled leaves. The F1 generation produced 1447 plants with purple-smooth leaves, 151 purple-wrinkled, 137 green-smooth, and 1510 green-wrinkled. A) Based on the distribution of progeny phenotypes, the G and R genes appear to be linked. In one or two sentences, explain why. B) What is the percent of recombinant offspring in the F1 generation? C) How far apart are the G and R genes? 2. In corn, the G gene encodes an enzyme that synthesizes anthocyanin and produces purple leaves. g/g plants have green leaves. A second gene R is required for smooth leaves and r/r plants have wrinkled leaves. A heterozygous plant with purple-smooth leaves was crossed to a plant with green-wrinkled leaves. The F1 generation produced 1447 plants with purple-smooth leaves, 151 purple-wrinkled, 137 green-smooth, and 1510 green-wrinkled. A) Based on the distribution of progeny phenotypes, the G and R genes appear to be linked. In one or two sentences, explain why. B) What is the percent of recombinant offspring in the F1 generation? C) How far apart are the G and R genes?

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