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Question
Name the seven contrasting traits of Mendel.
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Solution
Plant Height, Seed Shape, Cotyledon colour, Flower colour, Pod colour, Pod form, Flower position
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In a dihybrid cross, if you get 9:3:3:1 ratio it denotes that ______.
Two linked genes a and b show 20% recombination. The individuals of a dihybrid cross between ++ /++ × ab/ab shall show gametes ______.
A fruit fly exhibiting both male and female traits is ______.
In the F2 generation of a Mendelian dihybrid cross the number of phenotypes and genotypes are ______.
Two pea plants - one with round yellow seeds (RRYY) and another with wrinkled green (rryy) seeds produce F1 progeny that have round, yellow (RrYy) seeds.
When F1 plants are self-pollinated, which new combination of characters is expected in F2 progeny? How many seeds with these new combinations of characters will be produced when a total 160 seeds are produced in F2 generation? Explain with reason.
Sahil performed an experiment to study the inheritance pattern of genes. He crossed tall pea plants (TT) with short pea plants (tt) and obtained all tall plants in F1 generation.
When F1 plants were self-pollinated, a total of 800 plants were produced. How many of these would be tall, medium height or short plants? Give the genotype of F2 generation.
