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A pea with white flowers was crossed to another pea which is also flower plant. When selfed the F2 generation produced purple and white in the ratio 9:7. The reason for the results is that :


A

It is typical monohybrid mendelian ratio

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Purple flower colour is dominant over the white

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C

It is a complementary factor

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C

It is a complementary factor


The correct option is C:

Explanation of the correct option:

  1. In some organisms, two genes present at separate loci interact with each other and produce a new phenotype, when present alone they produce their own phenotypes.
  2. These types of genes are called complementary genes.
  3. A pea plant with white flowers was crossed with another pea plant also with white flowers.
  4. The F1 plants are self-pollinated and in the F2 generation 9 plants with purple flowers and 7 plants with white flowers are produced.
  5. The reason in the plants with purple flowers is that both genes are complementary to each other so purple flowers are formed, in the remaining 7 plants there is no complementarity between genes so white flowers are formed.

Explanation of the incorrect options:

Option A:

The monohybrid mendelian ratio is 3:1.

Option B:

Purple flower genes are complementary to each other but the gene for the purple color flower is not dominant over the gene for the white color flower.

Final answer: A pea with white flowers was crossed to another pea which is also flower plant. When selfed the F2 generation produced purple and white in the ratio 9:7. The reason for the results is that it is a complementary factor.


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