If it is imagined in pea plants that genes for controlling seed coat colour and shape are present on the same chromosome very closely; performing dihybrid experiments with these characters Mendel couldn't have been able to arrive at the idea of
A
Independent assortment
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B
Dominance
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C
Segregation
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D
Incomplete dominance
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Solution
The correct option is D Independent assortment If genes controlling the expressions -seed coat colour and shape are present on the same chromosome very closely, then they will show linkage and will not assort independently.
So, the correct answer is 'Independent assortment'