Question $24$

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Two highly inbred tobacco plants are crossed. One has dark green leaves. The other has yellow leaves. The assumption was that the colors of leaves are controlled by four genes. The $F_1$ plants have light green leaves. Five hundred progeny from $F_1{F}_1$ crosses are analyzed. Their leaves show continuous variation in color, but none has dark green or yellow leaves. What do these data suggest about the number of genes determining this trait?

There are two genes that determine this trait.

There are three genes that determine this trait.

There are four genes that determine this trait.

There are more thar four genes that determine this trait.

There is not enough information to estimate the number of genes.