I planted seeds from a pea plant with axial flowers but all of them came out terminal. How is this possible? (the situation is perfect and fictional [i.e. nothing wrong with the plant, weather, etc])
2007-01-05 13:50:03 · 3 answers · asked by CyberKnight 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
i remeber clearly stating that __~~ALL~~__ the flowers are terminal.
2007-01-05 13:57:52 · update #1
*remember (correction)
2007-01-05 13:58:28 · update #2
this pea plant seed proboly had "parents" that had a genonm that had i domente(axial) and on recesive(termenal) this causes at least half of the seeds to be all termenal(recesive) so your pea seed is probobly on eof those causing all your peas from thier to be termal
2007-01-05 14:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by jarhead1882 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a genetic problem.
If I recall from biology, axial flowers is the dominant gene. However, it can be one of two: AA (both dominant present) or Aa (one dominant, one recessive).
The recessive, a, is terminal.
So, if you happened to have two Aa axial plants and crossed them, the possibilities are:
Aa x Aa = 1 AA, 2 Aa, 1 aa (that aa, double recessive, is the terminal plant).
Hope that helps!
2007-01-05 13:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Link 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
learn about IAA (indole acetic acid) and kinetin
plant hormones, probably something to do with those, or genetics
2007-01-05 13:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋