To assess Mendel's law of segregation using tomatoes, a true-breeding tall variety (SS) is crossed with a true-breeding short variety (ss). The heterozygous tall (Ss) were crossed to produce the two sets of F2 data as follows:
Set I Set II
30 tall 300 tall
5 short 50 short
1. Using chi-square analysis, analyze the results for both data sets. Calculate X^2 values, and estimate the p values in both cases.
2. From the analysis in part (a), what can you conclude about the importance of generating large data sets in experimental settings?