Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 65

Question: Pure homozygous offsprings in a dihybrid cross in the generation will be

Options:

A) 1/2

B) 1/4

C) 1/8

D) 1/16

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

In F2 generation of dihybrid cross two type of YYRR and yyrr pure homozygous offsprings are found out of 16.

offsprings, so - Number of Pure homozygous offspring = $ \frac{\text{Pure homozygous}}{\text{Total Number of offspring}} $ $ =\frac{2}{16} $ $ =\frac{1}{8} $