Botany · Principles of Inheritance and Variation

NEET (UG) 2024 — Question 128

A pink flowered Snapdragon plant was crossed with a red flowered Snapdragon plant. What type of phenotype/s is/are expected in the progeny?

  1. Option A:

    Only red flowered plants

  2. Option B:

    Red flowered as well as pink flowered plants

    Correct
  3. Option C:

    Only pink flowered plants

  4. Option D:

    Red, Pink as well as white flowered plants

Answer: B

Step-by-step solution

Pink colour flower in snapdragon have genotype Rr

Red flowered snapdragon have genotype RR\mathbf{R} \mathbf{R} when they both are crossed

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So the progeny that we get are red and pink flowered plants only

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Exam
NEET (UG) 2024
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Topic
Inheritance of One Gene
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