Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 384
Question: A pea plant with purple flowers is heterozygous for flower colour. Its genotype is Pp. The P and p alleles in the pea plant’s cells are located:
Options:
A) next to each other on the same chromosome.
B) at the same location on homologous chromosomes.
C) on the X and Y chromosomes.
D) some distance apart on the same chromosome.
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
[b] Genes coding for the same trait are located at the same locus on homologous chromosomes.