Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 232

Question: Mendel crossed a pure white-flowered recessive pea plant with a dominant pure red-flowered plant. The first generation of hybrids from the cross should show

[CPMT 1989, 91; RPMT 1995; MH-CET 2002; DPMT 2003]

Options:

A) 50% white-flowered and 50% red-flowered plants

B) All red-flowered plants

C) 75% red-flowered and 25% white-flowered plants

D) All white-flowered plants

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

All red flowered plants; according to Mendel’s law of dominance.