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Question
A particular garden pea plant produces only violet flowers.
How would you ensure its genotype? Explain with the help of crosses.
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Solution
Test-cross it with a white-flowered cc plant. CC × cc gives all violet Cc offspring; Cc × cc gives about 1 violet : 1 white. Thus all-violet progeny indicate CC, while any white progeny indicate Cc.
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Chapter 5: Principles of Inheritance and Variation - EXERCISES [Page 258]
