Gujarati
4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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When Mendel crossed true breeding white-flowered strain of peas with a true breeding red-flowered strain, individuals in the $F_2$ represented

A

White-flowered plants

B

Red-flowered plants

C

Red-flowered and white-flowered plants in the ratio $3 : 1$

D

Red and white-flowered individuals in the ratio $1 : 1$

Solution

(c) Red flowered and white flowered plants in the ratio $3 : 1$; parents are with the genotype $RR$ and $rr$, the $F_1$ individuals are $Rr$, and they in $F_2$ generation will produce red and white flowered plants in ratio of $3 : 1.$

Standard 12
Biology

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