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Parental generation

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noun

(genetics) The first set of parents crossed in which their genotype is the basis for predicting the genotype of their offspring, which in turn, may be crossed (filial generation).


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In parental generation, two individuals are mated or crossed to determine or predict the genotypes of their offspring, called first filial generation (or f1 generation).


Variant: p-generation.
Compare: filial generation.


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find F2 ratio

Q1 a dihybrid cross is made between YYrr and yyRR In F2 generation the ratio of parental to recombinant phenotypes is Ans 6:10

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by rakesh61
Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:47 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: find F2 ratio
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MonoHybrid Crosses

... flowers and 131 have white flowers. What are the genotypes of the parental and f1 generation plants. (this really confuses me) 2. In tomatoes, red fruit color is dominant to ...

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by Sarah<3
Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:15 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: MonoHybrid Crosses
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I need help with a genotype problem ... really bad...

... female: 1. The wild- type and white -eyed individuals from the F1 generation were then crossed to produce the following offspring. F2: 23, ... test on the F2 generation data to analyze your prediction of the parental genotypes. ----------------- I've worked on this large problem for ...

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by xcuteJinax3
Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:20 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: I need help with a genotype problem ... really bad...
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trait controlled by 1 or 2 genes? dom or rec problem

... and purple was wild type. But either way you want to look at it, the parental generation was true breeding for white flowers, which means that there wasn't any recessive ...

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by Khaiy
Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:41 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: trait controlled by 1 or 2 genes? dom or rec problem
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Narrow Sense Heritability

... the pumpkins weighing >= 9 kg to reproduce. The weights of the parental generation allowed to reproduce were: 9,9,9,9,9,12,15 kg with a mean of 10.28 kg. The offspring's ...

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by mjp
Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:40 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Narrow Sense Heritability
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