Which of the following is a dominant character according to Mendel?

Dwarf plant and yellow fruit

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Terminal fruit and wrinkled seed

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White testa and yellow pericarp

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Green coloured pod and rounded seed

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Solution

The correct option is D Green coloured pod and rounded seed
In the given question, green coloured is dominant trait over the yellow coloured ones; round seeds are dominant over the wrinkled ones. All the other options are recessive ones or are not belonging to the seven traits which Mendel chose to study.
Thus the correct answer is option D.

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