Asked in UHS MDCAT 2017 2017Moderate

Pure breeding lines of pea were taken regarding seed shape -Round and wrinkled and were crossed with no intermediate between parents. All offspring were found to be round. These results show:

Correct answer: B. Dominance-recessive relationship

  • A. Codominance
  • B. Dominance-recessive relationship
  • C. Incomplete dominance
  • D. Over dominance relationship

Explanation

The round phenotype is due to the presence of the dominant allele which expresses itself regardless of the presence of the recessive allele. All the offsprings are, apparently, heterozygous and inherited the dominant allele coding for the round shape hence all of them turned out to be round.

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