Heredity, Natural Selection, and EvolutionEarly Studies in Heredity |
What is an example of a dihybrid cross? |
A good example of a dihybrid cross are the plant traits for height and seed color (for example, if Tt = height and Cc = color). If two true breeding plants are crossed, then the offspring would be as follows:
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TC |
Tc |
tC |
tc |
TC |
TTCC |
TTCc |
TtCC |
TtCc |
Tc |
TTCc |
TTcc |
TtCc |
Ttcc |
tC |
TtCC |
TtCc |
ttCC |
ttCc |
tc |
TtCc |
Ttcc |
ttCc |
ttcc |