NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

GENETIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Mendel, what kind of genes “disappear” in F1 pea plants
A
sex-linked
B
dominant
C
recessive
D
codominant
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Mendel, the kind of genes that ‘’disappear” in F1 pea plants are c. recessive. Mendel performed both monohybrid and dihybrid crosses on pea plants. During the first filial generation when a pure tall plant and a pure dwarf plant were crossed, the first generation that was observed is the generation F1.

Detailed explanation-2: -No recessive phenotype appears in the F1 generation. This means that both parents cannot have the recessive allele for each trait.

Detailed explanation-3: -Recessive traits don’t disappear from a population as their change to be inherited by offspring is the same as the change of dominant traits to be inherited. This means that if 20% of the population carries the gene for a recessive trait in a given generation then this number will stay at roughly 20%.

Detailed explanation-4: -The traits that did not appear in the F1 generation were called recessive traits. When Mendel allowed the F1 generation to self-pollinate, the recessive traits reappeared in the resulting F2 generation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Green seed and wrinkled seeds were recessive to yellow and round seeds; yellow, constricted pods were recessive to green and full pods. Dwarf stem and white flowers were recessive to tall stem and violet flowers.

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