Question

In pea plants, purple flower color, C, is dominant to white flower color, c. The table shows the frequencies of the dominant and recessive alleles in three generations of peas in a garden. Allele Frequency for Flower Color in Peas Generation p q 1 0.6 0.4 2 0.7 0.3 3 0.8 0.2 Which scientific question might these results cause a scientist to ask?

Answer 1

Answer:

The most probable question the scientists would ask is "what causes the frequency of alleles to change in a population?".

It can be easily observed that the allele frequency of C or purple flower has increased from 0.6 to 0.8 whereas the frequency of allele c has decreased from 0.4 to 0.2.

So, one might be interested to know about the reason for this change.

For example, allele C or purple flower might be providing some survival advantage or they increase the pollination rates through pollinators et cetera.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. Would the frequency of alleles change if the pollinators in the area all died?

Explanation: