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BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET

Two pea plants were subjected for cross pollination. Of the 183 plants produced in the next generation, 94 plants were found to be tall and 89 plants were found to be dwarf. The genotypes of the two parental plants are likely to be

Answer: (C)

Solution

The observed tall-to-dwarf ratio of 94:89 is approximately , which is the signature ratio of a test cross between a heterozygote and the homozygous recessive, i.e. , matching option

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