Jane obtains three mutant strains (A. B. and C) of true-breeding, white-flowered sweet peas. Purple is the wild-type flower color. When A and B or B and C are crossed, the F ₁ are all purple-flowered. When either of these purple F ₁ are selfed, about 44% of the progeny are white and the rest are purple. When strains A and C are crossed, the F ₁ are all white. When these white plants are selfed, only 0.010% of the progeny are purple. Explain these data in terms of complementation and intragenic recombination.

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Mutations that occur on different genes can produce the same phenotypes For instance a plant that do... View the full answer