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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Question:

If a pink flowered snapchagon plant is crossed with a white flowered snapdragan plant. What will be the phenotype of their progeny?

Options:

Only pink flowered

Pink, white and red flowered

Only white flowered

Pink and white flowered

Correct Answer:

Pink and white flowered

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4)- Pink and white flowered

When a pink-flowered snapdragon plant (which is likely heterozygous for flower color) is crossed with a white-flowered snapdragon plant (which is likely homozygous recessive for flower color), the possible outcomes for the progeny can be determined using Punnett squares.

Let's represent the alleles for flower color:

  • Pink flower allele (dominant): R
  • White flower allele (recessive): r

The pink-flowered plant's genotype could be Rr, and the white-flowered plant's genotype is rr.

The Punnett square for this cross would look like this:

From this Punnett square, we can see that:

  • 50% of the progeny will inherit the Rr genotype, resulting in pink flowers.
  • 50% of the progeny will inherit the rr genotype, resulting in white flowers.

Therefore, the progeny will have a mix of pink and white flowered snapdragon plants. So, option 4 is correct.