Open AccessAn Alternative Possibility for Seed Coat Color Determinaton in Mendel's Experiment
Author(s) -
James R. Myers
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.166.3.1137
Subject(s) - biology , coat , dominance (genetics) , heterozygote advantage , genetics , botany , gene , allele , paleontology
IT is possible that in his test of the hypothesis of independence among three genes influencing seed characters of pea (cotyledon color and shape and flower or seed color) Mendel relied on partial dominance of seed color to classify heterozygotes as well as homozygotes in his cross. It would make
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