When many families were tested for their ability to taste the chemical PTC, the parental pairs were grouped into three types and the progeny totaled. The results were as follows:

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When many families were tested for their ability to taste the chemical PTC, the parental pairs were grouped into three types and the progeny totaled. The results were as follows:

 

Assuming that PTC tasting is dominant (P) and nontaster is recessive (p), how can the progeny ratios in each of the three types of matings be accounted for?

Children
Nontasters
130
Parents
# of Families
Tasters
Taster x taster
425
929
Taster x nontaster
289
483
278
Nontaster x nontaster
86
218
Transcribed Image Text:Children Nontasters 130 Parents # of Families Tasters Taster x taster 425 929 Taster x nontaster 289 483 278 Nontaster x nontaster 86 218
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