Consider a gene that affects number of seeds in a plant. This gene has two alleles, G and g. If GG plants produce 50 seeds, Gg plants produce 50 seeds, and gg plants produce 25 seeds, how would we describe the effect of these alleles?

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If GG and Gg plants produce the same amount of seeds, then G must be dominant over g. Additionally, the fact that gg plants produce a different amount of seeds further supports the idea that G is dominant and g is recessive.

Consider a Gene That Affects Number of Seeds in a Plant