NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

GENETIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When a plant with red flowers (CRCR) is crossed with a plant that has white flowers ( CWCW), the resulting offspring has pink flowers ( CRCW). If two pink flowers are crossed, what is the probability of having a pink flower?
A
0%
B
25%
C
50%
D
75%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The crossing of a red flowered plant and a white flowered plant produces all the offspring with pink flowers. This cross illustrates red and white exhibit incomplete dominance. This situation occurs due to the blending of both the alleles.

Detailed explanation-2: -The resulting offspring have pink flowers. What term describes the dominance of this trait? Explanation: A phenotypic “blending” of two traits is referred to as incomplete dominance, indicating that neither trait is truly dominant over the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -The type of inheritance shown when a red flowering plants is crossed with a white flowering plant and only pink-flowering plants are produced is INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), a red flower was crossed with a white flower and in F1 generation and pink flowers were obtained. When pink flower were selfed, the F2 generation showed white, red and pink flowers.

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