In cucumbers, dull fruit (D) is dominant over glossy fruit (d), orange fruit (R)

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In cucumbers, dull fruit (D) is dominant over glossy fruit (d), orange fruit (R) is dominant over cream fruit (r), and bitter cotyledons (B) are dominant over nonbitter cotyledons (b). A plant homozygous for dull, orange fruit and bitter cotyledons is crossed with a plant that has glossy, cream fruit and nonbitter cotyledons. Two of the F1 plants are crossed to each other to produce the F2 generation.

(a) Give the phenotypes and their expected proportions in the F2 generation.

(b) An F1 plant is crossed with a plant that has glossy, cream fruit and nonbitter
cotyledons. Give the phenotypes and expected proportions among the progeny of this cross.

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A) 27- dull orange bitter 9- dull orange nonbitter 9- dull cream bitter 9- glossy orange bitter 3- dull cream nonbitter 3- glossy orange nonbitter 3- glossy cream bitter 1- glossy cream nonbitter

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In cucumbers, dull fruit (D) is dominant over glossy (d) fruit, orange fruit (R)

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