2) Redundant Epistasis is when multiple genes can produce the same trait. In the com lab, you were introduced to the aleurone, a protective shell around the kernel that can be red, purple or colorless. If it is colorless, then the kernel displays the color of the endosperm, which can be yellow or white. There are three genes that determine whether the aleurone is colored: C , R and I , each of which has dominant alleles ( C , R , I ) and recessive alleles ( c , r , i ) . If any of these genes have a colorless genotype, the aleurone is colorless, but if all three genes have a colored genotype, the aleurone is colored. The colored allele is dominant for the C and R genes, which means that either cc or will produce a colorless aleurone, regardless of the genotype for the other loci. However, the colorless allele for the I gene is dominant, meaning that either I or If genotypes have colorless aleurones, regardless of the other loci. This means that only com kernels that are C R ii will have colored aleurones. If the aleurone is colored, then its color is the color of the kernel, as the endosperm cannot be seen. The aleurone's color is determined by the P locus, where the purple P allele is completely dominant to the red p allele. If the aleurone is colorless, then the endosperm's color can be seen, which determines the color of the kernel. The endosperm's color is determined by the Y locus, where the yellow Y allele is completely dominant to the white y allele. Suppose you self-fertilized a com plant that was heterozygous for all five loci. The corn cobs from this plant can produce kernels that are yellow, white, red or purple. CcRr Ii Pp Yy 2a) What are the expected phenotype proportions for the kernels produced by this plant? (Hint: to make this calculation easier, you might do two branch diagrams, one to calculate colored versus colorless, and then use that result as the first node of a second branch diagram to calculate purple/red versus yellow/white.). (10 pts) .