A pure breeding strain of squash that produced disk-shaped fruits was crossed with a pure- breeding strain having long fruits. The first filial generation had disk fruits, but the second filial generation showed a new phenotype, sphere, and was composed of the following proportions: disk 270, sphere 178,  long 32. Propose an explanation for these results, and show the genotypes of P, First filial generation and second filial generation.

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A pure breeding strain of squash that produced disk-shaped fruits was crossed with a pure- breeding strain having long fruits. The first filial generation had disk fruits, but the second filial generation showed a new phenotype, sphere, and was composed of the following proportions: disk 270, sphere 178,  long 32. Propose an explanation for these results, and show the genotypes of P, First filial generation and second filial generation.

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