The problem asks us to determine the potential genotypes of the parent plants given a partial Punnett square. The Punnett square shows two offspring with the genotype $Rr$. We need to figure out which parental genotypes could produce offspring with $Rr$ in the Punnett square.

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2025/4/2

1. Problem Description

The problem asks us to determine the potential genotypes of the parent plants given a partial Punnett square. The Punnett square shows two offspring with the genotype RrRr. We need to figure out which parental genotypes could produce offspring with RrRr in the Punnett square.

2. Solution Steps

We will analyze each of the given options.
A) RR×RrRR \times Rr:
The possible offspring genotypes are RRRR, RRRR, RrRr, and RrRr. This cross will produce offspring with RrRr.
B) RR×rrRR \times rr:
The possible offspring genotypes are RrRr, RrRr, RrRr, and RrRr. This cross will produce offspring with RrRr.
C) Rr×rrRr \times rr:
The possible offspring genotypes are RrRr, RrRr, rrrr, and rrrr. This cross will produce offspring with RrRr.
D) rr×rrrr \times rr:
The possible offspring genotypes are rrrr, rrrr, rrrr, and rrrr. This cross will not produce offspring with RrRr.
From the given partial Punnett square, we only know that the offspring can be RrRr. From the options:
A) RR×RrRR \times Rr: This cross can produce offspring RrRr. But can also produce RRRR.
B) RR×rrRR \times rr: This cross only produces RrRr offspring. Therefore only RrRr can be in the partial Punnett square. However, the question asks for potential genotypes, therefore this option would not make sense.
C) Rr×rrRr \times rr: This cross can produce RrRr and rrrr offspring.
D) rr×rrrr \times rr: This cross only produces rrrr offspring, so this can't be it.
Looking at the given options and the partial Punnett square, option C (Rr×rrRr \times rr) is the most likely parental genotype since the offspring RrRr can be produced. The other option that produces offspring RrRr is RR×rrRR \times rr.
Since the question specifies a PARTIAL Punnett square showing offspring genotypes, we are looking for parental genotypes whose crosses yield offspring RrRr. Therefore, cross C is the answer. If we did cross A the square may yield RRRR but this isn't shown here so it cannot be a correct answer.

3. Final Answer

C) Rr x rr

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