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A Trihybrid Cross Example Using Mendel's Sweet Peas

A trihybrid cross involves breeding individuals that are heterozygous for three traits. This example examines pea shape, color, and pod shape. It performs a trihybrid cross between two pea plants that are heterozygous for round/wrinkled shape, green/yellow color, and smooth/constricted pod shape. This will result in offspring exhibiting all possible combinations of the three traits in a specific genotypic and phenotypic ratio.

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A Trihybrid Cross Example Using Mendel's Sweet Peas

A trihybrid cross involves breeding individuals that are heterozygous for three traits. This example examines pea shape, color, and pod shape. It performs a trihybrid cross between two pea plants that are heterozygous for round/wrinkled shape, green/yellow color, and smooth/constricted pod shape. This will result in offspring exhibiting all possible combinations of the three traits in a specific genotypic and phenotypic ratio.

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A Trihybrid Cross Example Using Mendels Sweet Peas

A trihybrid cross is between two individuals that are heterozygous for three different traits. We will build on previous examples and again examine pea shape and pea color and then a new trait: pod shape. The same rules as before apply for shape and color (round is completely dominant to wrinkled, and green is completely dominant to yellow). Pea pod shape follows similar rules, with smooth pods being completely dominant to constricted pods. Therefore, homozygous-dominant and heterozygous individuals will have smooth pods, while homozygous-recessive individuals will have constricted pea pods.

Our trihybrid cross example: RrYyCc x RrYyCc is a trihybrid cross.

The shape of the pea is controlled by one set of alleles, where round is completely dominant to wrinkled: RR = round Rr = round rr = wrinkled

The second set of alleles in this example controls the color of the peas. Green is dominant to yellow: YY = green Yy = green yy = yellow

The third set of alleles in this example controls the shape of the pea pod. Smooth is completely dominant to constricted: CC = smooth Cc = smooth cc = constricted

The Saylor Foundation 1

The gametes for each parent in a trihybrid cross would be RYC, RYc, RyC, Ryc, rYC, rYc, ryC, ryc, with one-eighth of a chance for any of them.

RYC RYC RYc RyC Ryc rYC rYc ryC ryc

RYc

RyC

Ryc

rYC
RrYYCC RrYYCc RrYyCC RrYyCc rrYYCC

rYc
RrYYCc RrYYcc RrYyCc RrYycc rrYYCc

ryC

ryc

RRYYCC RRYYCc RRYyCC RRYyCc RRYYCc RRYYcc RRYycCc RRYycc RRYyCC RRYyCc RRyyCC RRyyCc RRYyCc RRYycc RRyyCc RrYYCC RRyycc

RrYyCC RrYyCc RrYyCc RrYycc RryyCC RryyCc RryyCc Rryycc rrYyCC rrYyCc

RrYYCc RrYyCC RrYyCc

RrYYCc

RrYYcc

RrYyCc

RrYycc

rrYYCc

rrYYcc

rrYyCc

rrYycc

RrYYCC RrYyCc

RryyCC RryyCc

rrYyCC

rrYyCc

rryyCC

rryyCc

RrYyCc

RrYycc

RryyCc

Rryycc

rrYyCc

rrYycc

rryyCc

rryycc

The Saylor Foundation 2

Phenotypic ratio:

27: round, green, smooth pod

9: round, green, constricted pod

9: round, yellow, smooth pod

3: round, yellow, constricted pod

9: wrinkled, green, smooth pod

3: wrinkled, green, constricted pod

3: wrinkled, yellow, smooth pod

1: wrinkled, yellow, constricted pod Genotypic ratio: 1: RRYYCC 2: RRYYCc 1: RRYYcc 2: RRYyCC 4: RRYyCc 2: RRYycc

The Saylor Foundation 3

1: RRyyCC 2: RRyyCc 1: RRyycc 2: RrYYCC 4: RrYYCc 2: RrYYcc 4: RrYyCC 8: RrYyCc 4: RrYycc 2: RryyCC 4: RryyCc 2: Rryycc 1: rrYYCC 2: rrYYCc 1: rrYYcc 2: rrYyCC 4: rrYyCc 2: rrYycc 1: rryyCC 2: rryyCc 1: rryycc

The Saylor Foundation 4

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