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In cabbage butterflies, white wings (W) are dominant to yellow wings (w). A heterozygous butterfly mates with a butterfly that has yellow wings. Complete the Punnett square and then list the percentages of the expected genotypes for their offspring.

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Answer:

(a)

[tex]\begin{array}{ccc}{} & {W} & {w} & {w} & {Ww } & {ww } & {w} & { Ww} & {ww } \ \end{array}[/tex]

(b)

[tex]White = 50\%[/tex]

[tex]Yellow = 50\%[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

See attachment for initial punnet square

Solving (a): Complete the square

Initially, we have:

[tex]\begin{array}{ccc}{} & {W} & {w} & {w} & { } & { } & {w} & { } & { } \ \end{array}[/tex]

To complete the square, we simply write the letter at the column and the letter at the row in each cell;

So, we have:

[tex]\begin{array}{ccc}{} & {W} & {w} & {w} & {Ww } & {ww } & {w} & { Ww} & {ww } \ \end{array}[/tex]

Solving (b): Percentage of each

From the question, we understand that W are dominant to w.

So:

[tex]Ww = White[/tex]

[tex]ww = Yellow[/tex]

From (a) above

[tex]Ww = 2[/tex]

[tex]ww = 2[/tex]

[tex]Total = 4[/tex]

So, the percentage of each is:

[tex]White = \frac{Ww}{Total} * 100\%[/tex]

[tex]White = \frac{2}{4} * 100\%[/tex]

[tex]White = 0.5 * 100\%[/tex]

[tex]White = 50\%[/tex]

[tex]Yellow = 100\% - White[/tex] --- Complement rule

[tex]Yellow = 100\% - 50\%[/tex]

[tex]Yellow = 50\%[/tex]

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