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The height of a type of bean plant is determined by five unlinked genes called A, B, C, D, and E. Each gene has two alleles: additive (uppercase letter) and nonadditive (lowercase letter) . The shortest plants are 130 cm. The tallest plants are 220 cm. The genotypes are known for two bean plants. Plant 1 is genotype AABbccDdEE. Plant 2 is genotype aaBBCcDdEE.
-All the genes are unlinked. Determine the probability of an AbcdE gamete from plant 1(AABbccDdEE) and an aBcdE gamete from plant 2 (aaBBCcDdEE) .


A) 1/2 chance from plant 1; 1/2 chance from plant 2
B) 1/4 chance from plant 1; 1/4 chance from plant 2
C) 1/2 chance from plant 1; 1/4 chance from plant 2
D) 1/4 chance from plant 1; 1/2 chance from plant 2
E) 1/4 chance from plant 1; 3/4 chance from plant 2

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