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In plants, twisted leaves, a hypothetical mutant phenotype, may be caused by either a chloroplast gene...

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In plants, twisted leaves, a hypothetical mutant phenotype, maybe caused by either a chloroplast gene (CT =normal; Ct = twisted) or a recessive nucleargene (NT = normal; Nt =twisted). Assume chloroplast DNA is maternally inherited. Predictthe genotypic and phenotypic ratios in the offspring of thefollowing crosses:

a.        CT NtNt female xCt NTNT male

b.        Ct NtNt female xCT NTNT male

c.        F1 male from cross (a) x F1female from cross (b)

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In all the offspring the chloroplast gene will have the maternal effect therefore The plant leaves in Parent female CT NtNt X Ct NTNT male    See Answer
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