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Principles of Inheritance and Variation question

2023 · Q24
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Principles of Inheritance and Variation question

2023 · Q24

NEETBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMCQ+4 / −1

A heterozygous pea plant with violet flowers was crossed with homozygous pea plant with white flower. Violet is dominant over white. Which one of the following represents the expected combinations among 40 progenies formed?

  1. A
    30 produced violet and 10 produced white flowers
  2. B
    20 produced violet and 20 produced white flowers
  3. C
    All 40 produced violet flowers
  4. D
    All 40 produced white flowers
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Correct answer: B

The phenotype of the heterozygous pea plant with violet flowers is Vv (V for dominant violet allele and v for recessive white allele). The phenotype of the homozygous pea plant with white flowers is vv. This is a monohybrid cross.



When we create a Punnett square for this cross, we have :



$$ \begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \hline & \mathbf{V} & \mathbf{v} \ \hline \mathbf{v} & \operatorname{Vv} \text { (violet) } & \text { vv (white) } \ \hline \mathbf{v} & \operatorname{Vv} \text { (violet) } & \text { vv (white) } \ \hline \end{array}

<br/><br/>ThePunnettsquareshowsusthatinthiscross,halfoftheprogenywillbeheterozygous(Vv)withvioletflowers(dominanttrait),andtheotherhalfwillbehomozygousrecessive(vv)withwhiteflowers.Therefore,outof40progeny,weexpect20tohavevioletflowersand20tohavewhiteflowers.<br/><br/>So,thecorrectansweris:<br/><br/>OptionB<br/><br/>20producedvioletand20producedwhiteflowers. <br/><br/>The Punnett square shows us that in this cross, half of the progeny will be heterozygous (Vv) with violet flowers (dominant trait), and the other half will be homozygous recessive (vv) with white flowers. Therefore, out of 40 progeny, we expect 20 to have violet flowers and 20 to have white flowers. <br/><br/>So, the correct answer is : <br/><br/>Option B <br/><br/>20 produced violet and 20 produced white flowers.<br/><br/>ThePunnettsquareshowsusthatinthiscross,halfoftheprogenywillbeheterozygous(Vv)withvioletflowers(dominanttrait),andtheotherhalfwillbehomozygousrecessive(vv)withwhiteflowers.Therefore,outof40progeny,weexpect20tohavevioletflowersand20tohavewhiteflowers.<br/><br/>So,thecorrectansweris:<br/><br/>OptionB<br/><br/>20producedvioletand20producedwhiteflowers.
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