Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 43
43. In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed with a green seeded plant, what ratio of yellow and green seeded plants would you expect in $F_1$ generation?
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(a) $9: 1$
(b) $1: 3$
(c) $3: 1$
(d) $50: 50$
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Answer : d
Hints & Solution
(d) Let $GG \Rightarrow$ homozygous yellow seed plant.
$Gg \Rightarrow$ heterozygous yellow seeded plant
$gg \Rightarrow$ homozygous green seeded plant
According to the question :
So, the ratio will be $50: 50$
