Question

in a group of tomato plants, some individuals have smooth fruit and others have fuzzy fruit. in this group, the gene for the fruit texture trait has two alleles. the allele for fuzzy fruit (f) is recessive to the allele for smooth fruit (f). this punnett square shows a cross between two tomato plants. punnett square with rows f, f and columns f, f, cells ff, ff, ff, ff what is the probability that a tomato plant produced by this cross will have fuzzy fruit? %

Explanation:

Step1: Count total outcomes

The Punnett square has 4 cells (Ff, Ff, ff, ff), so total possible genotypes are 4.

Step2: Identify fuzzy fruit genotypes

Fuzzy fruit is recessive, so genotype ff. There are 2 cells with ff.

Step3: Calculate probability

Probability = (Number of ff) / (Total outcomes) = $\frac{2}{4}$ = 0.5. Convert to percentage: 0.5 * 100 = 50%.

Answer:

50