Question

Which of the following is wrongly matched with regards to a character and its contrasting pair of traits in a pea plant?

I. Seed colour	Yellow	Green
II. Flower colour	Yellow	Blue
III. Stem height	Tall	Dwarf
IV. Pod shape	Inflated	Constricted

• A. I
• B. II
• C. III
• D. IV

Answer 1

The correct option is B II

During the mid-nineteenth century Gregor Johann Mendel, the Father of Genetics, worked on several varieties of garden pea plants and made an understanding about inheritance. Inheritance is the process in which characteristics or traits are passed from one generation to the next. Mendel investigated characters in garden pea plants and chose to follow seven visible features or characters each represented by two contrasting forms traits. Some of the contrasting traits that were chosen by Mendel are -

Seed colour	Yellow	Green
Flower colour	Violet	White
Stem height	Tall	Dwarf
Pod shape	Inflated	Constricted