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In a cross between a pure tall plant with green pod and a pure short plant with yellow pod, how many short plants are produced in F2 generation out of 16?

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Solution

The correct option is D 4
Genotype of pure tall plant with green pod= TTGG
Genotype of pure dwarf plant with yellow pod= ttgg
P generation: TTGG X ttgg
F1 generation: TtGg(tall plant, green pod)
Selfing: TtGg X TtGg


TG(1/4)Tg(1/4)tG(1/4)tg(1/4)
TG(1/4)TTGGTTGgTtGGTtGg
Tg(1/4)TTGgTTggTtGgTtgg
tG(1/4)TtGGTtGgttGGttGg
tg(1/4)TtGgTtggttGgttgg

As can be seen from the table total 4 short plants with genotypes ttGG, ttGg, ttGg and ttgg are produced.

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