After self pollination of red flowered plants out of 40 plants of progeny were white flowered. this indicates that the plants are__________________?
Correct answer: D. Heterozygous
- A. Heterogeneous
- B. Homozygous
- C. Homogenous
- D. Heterozygous
Explanation
White offspring from red-flowered parents show that each red parent carried a hidden white allele, so the parents were heterozygous. A homozygous red plant could not produce white progeny under simple Mendelian inheritance.
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