12.13 ▼ The article “Linkage Studies of the Tomato”

(Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute [1931]:

1–19) reported the accompanying data on phenotypes resulting from crossing tall cut-leaf tomatoes with dwarf potato-leaf tomatoes. There are four possible phenotypes: (1) tall cut-leaf, (2) tall potato-leaf,

(3) dwarf cut-leaf, and (4) dwarf potato-leaf.

Phenotype 1 2 3 4 Frequency 926 288 293 104 Mendel’s laws of inheritance imply that p1 5 9/16, p2 5 3/16, p3 5 3/16, and p4 5 1/16. Are the data from this experiment consistent with Mendel’s laws?

Use a .01 significance level.