NEET Biology question
In *Antirrhinum* (snapdragon), a red flower was crossed with a white flower, and in the F1 generation, all pink flowers were obtained. When pink flowers were selfed, the F2 generation showed white, red and pink flowers. Choose the incorrect statement from the following.
Answer: (A)
Solution
The law of segregation *does* apply in this experiment: the fact that the originally "hidden" red and white phenotypes clearly reappear, unblended, in the F2 generation (rather than staying permanently merged as "pink" forever) is direct evidence that the two alleles segregated cleanly into separate gametes during the
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