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BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET

Single gene can produce more than one effect. Like starch synthesis in pea plant. It has two alleles (B and b) for starch synthesis, the phenotypes of which are also given below: I. BB - round seed, large starch synthesis; II. bb - wrinkled seed, less starch synthesis; III. Bb - intermediate size seed, intermediate starch synthesis. Choose the correct option

Answer: (D)

Solution

All three statements correctly describe the phenotypic outcomes of the starch synthesis gene: homozygotes produce round seeds with efficient, large-scale starch synthesis; homozygotes produce wrinkled seeds

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