Question

if YYRR is round yellow what do the following represent yyrr, yyRR?

Answer 1

Explanation:

yyrr= wrinkled green

yyRR=Round green

Answer 2

If YYRR is round yellow then yyrr and yyRR represent wrinkeled green and round green respectively.

• A single characteristic maybe controlled by several genes. The possible variations in the characteristics are called alleles.
• In the given question, the shape and the color are the two characteristics and their alleles are round, wrinkled, yellow, and green respectively.
• In genetics, alphabets are used to represent these alleles.
• The dominant alleles (round and yellow are represented by capital letters (R and Y) and the recessive alleles are represented by the small form of the same letters (r and y).