Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 97

Question: 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 ratio is modified to 9 : 7 ratio due to [CPMT 1998; CBSE PMT 2001]

Options:

A) Complementry gene

B) Epistatic gene

C) Hypostatic gene

D) Supplementry gene

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

The complementary genes are two pairs of non allelic genes which interact to produce only one phenotypic trait, but neither of them if present alone produces the phenotypic trait in the absence of other.