The offspinf of true-breeding parents are called the:
a) F1 generation
b) f2 generation
c) dominant offspring
d) recessive offspring
I know its not c or d so that leaves me with a, or b.
come on help me pleeeeease
Hi Christina,
The offspring of true-breeding parents are called the a) F1 generation. Think of it like in human families: the parents have the first generation of kids. Then, when THOSE kids have kids - producing grandkids - that's an F2 generation. So PxP=F1 and F1xF1=F2. If the "grandkids" had kids - great-grandkids from the viewpoint of the original "P" parents - those offspring would be an F3 generation. And so on and so forth.
To determine the correct answer between options a) F1 generation and b) F2 generation, you need to understand the concept of true-breeding parents and their offspring.
True-breeding parents are individuals that are homozygous for a specific trait, meaning they carry two copies of the same allele for that trait. When these true-breeding parents reproduce, their offspring will also carry the same alleles for that trait.
The F1 generation refers to the first filial generation, which is the offspring resulting from the cross of two true-breeding parents. In other words, the F1 generation represents the first generation of offspring produced after crossing true-breeding parents.
On the other hand, the F2 generation is the second filial generation, which is produced by crossing two individuals from the F1 generation. This generation represents the offspring resulting from the cross of individuals that are not true-breeding.
Given this information, the correct answer is a) F1 generation. This is because the offspring resulting from true-breeding parents are called the F1 generation.