In Brinjal eggplants, purple fruit is incompletely dominant to white fruit, with the heterozygote being light violet. What is/are the genotype(s) of: the megaspore mother cell of a plant with purple flowers? the polar nucleus of a plant with light violet flowers? the megasporocyte of a plant with white flowers? the companion cell of a plant with light violet flowers?

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In Brinjal eggplants, purple fruit is incompletely dominant to white fruit, with the heterozygote being light violet. What is/are the genotype(s) of:

  1. the megaspore mother cell of a plant with purple flowers?
  2. the polar nucleus of a plant with light violet flowers?
  3. the megasporocyte of a plant with white flowers?
  4. the companion cell of a plant with light violet flowers?
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