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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GG plants and Gg plants have the same phenotype (producing 50 seeds), indicating that G is dominant over g. gg plants have a different phenotype (producing 25 seeds), indicating that g is recessive when paired with G.

Consider a Gene That Affects Number of Seeds in a Plant