NEET Biology question
Statement 1 (Assertion): Pink-coloured flowers appear in the F1 generation of the plant *Mirabilis jalapa*. Statement 2 (Reason): This is observed due to epistatic suppression of the white colour allele in one of the parental flowers by the red colour allele.
Answer: (C)
Solution
Pink flowers genuinely do appear in the F1 of *Mirabilis jalapa* crosses between true-breeding red and white parents (Statement 1 is true). However, the mechanism is incomplete dominance — neither allele masks (is epistatic over)
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