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The offsprings are showing four combinations and parents are different in two specific pairs of genes.Such four combinations are result of ________

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monohybrid cross

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test cross

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dihybrid cross

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reciprocal cross

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Solution

The correct option is C
dihybrid cross

The cross in which parents differ in two pairs of contrasting characters is called dihybrid cross. Dihybrid cross in F2 generation shows four different combinations of offsprings.

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