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Which of the following is not a correct dominant-recessive trait pair of Pisum sativum?

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Solution

Mendel selected pea plant for his experiments. Pea plants had a lot of different characters. Mendel selected seven characters having contrasting traits in pea plants

Dominant traitRecessive traitCharacterTall PlantShort PlantPlant HeightViolet FlowerWhite FlowerFlower ColourAxial FlowerTerminal FlowerPosition of FlowerGreen PodYellow PodPod ColourInflated PodConstricted PodPod ShapeYellow SeedGreen SeedSeed ColourRound SeedWrinkled SeedSeed Shape

Incorrect combination
Yellow-green are dominant-recessive traits of seed colour and not pod colour. Hence, among the given options, option B with pair of ‘Yellow-green pod colour, Round-wrinkled seed shape’ is incorrect.


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