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In pea plants, red flowers $(R)$ are dominant over to white flowers $(r)$ and tall plants $(T)$ are dominant over to dwarf plants $(t)$. The table below shows the gametes and the possible offsprings produced in a dihybrid cross. The numbers $1$ to $16$ represent the genotypes of each individual cross $(e.g. 3 = RrTT)$
$RT$ $Rt$ $rT$ $rt$
$RT$ $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$
$Rt$ $5$ $6$ $7$ $8$
$rT$ $9$ $10$ $11$ $12$
$rt$ $13$ $14$ $15$ $16$
If plant $7$ is crossed with plant $12$, then what proportion of the offsprings produced will be homozygous for both the recessive characters
$50\%$
$37.5\%$
$25\%$
$12.5\%$
Solution
(c) The genotype of plant $7$ is $RrTt$ of plant $12$ is $rrTt$, when they are crossed they produce $2$ plants out of $8$ with the genotype
$rrtt, rrTT i.e., 25\%$.
$RrTt$ $ \times$ $rrTt$
$Plant\, 7$ $Plant \,12$
$RT$ | $Rt$ | $rT$ | $rt$ | |
$rT$ | $RrTT$ | $RrTt$ | $rrTT$ | $rrTt$ |
$rt$ | $RrTt$ | $Rrtt$ | $rrTt$ | $rrtt$ |