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Answer to: What is meant by genotype?

The genetic constitution of an organism, is called its genotype.

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Answer to: State a difference between a gene and an allele.

A gene is a unit of inheritance, which contains information that is required to express a particular trait in an organism. An allele is one of the s...

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Answer to: What is meant by blending inheritance?

Blending inheritance is the phenomenon in which the expression of a trait is due to mixing or blending of the parental characters and the trait expres...

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Answer to: Mention two contrasting flower-related traits studied by Mendel in pea plant experiments.

Flower position: Axial flowers and terminal flowers. Flower colour: Violet flowers and white flowers.

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Answer to: Name two contrasting pod-related traits studied by Mendel, in pea plant experiments.

(i) Pod colour: Green pods and yellow pods. (ii) Pod shape: Inflated pods and constricted pods.

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Answer to: List any two characters of pea plants used by Mendel in his experiments, other than height of the plant and colour of the seed.

Colour of the pod, shape of the pod, colour of the flower, position of the flower, shape of the seed.

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Answer to: What are true-breeding lines that are used to study inheritance pattern of traits in plants?

A true-breeding line is one that has undergone continuous self-pollination/inbreeding and shows stable inheritance and expression of a trait for sever...

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Answer to: What is genetics?

Genetics is the branch of science that deals with inheritance and variation of traits.

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Answer to: Define inheritance.

Inheritance is defined as the process by which characters are passed on from one generation to the next.

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Answer to: 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 is the genotypic ratio of a Mendelian dihybrid cross. [True/False]

True, 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 is the genotypic ratio of a Mendelian dihybrid cross.

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Answer to: Mendel could not have framed the law of independent assortment, if the genes he had studied, showed linkage. [True/False]

True, Mendel could not have framed the law of independent assortment, if the genes he had studied, showed linkage.

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Answer to: The cross between the F1 hybrid with a homozygous dominant individual is called a test cross. [True/False]

False, The cross between the F1hybrid with a homozygous dominant individual is called a test cross.

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Answer to: The phenotype of the F1 hybrid resembles the dominant parent when there is incomplete dominance. [True/False]

False, The phenotype of the F1 hybrid resembles the dominant parent when there is incomplete dominance.

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Answer to: The recessive trait appears only under homozygous condition. [True/False]

True, The recessive trait appears only under homozygous condition.

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