NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
How many factors does a gamete receive during formation?
Options
- ATwo factors
- BOne factor
- CThree factors
- DFour factors
Correct answer
B. One factor
Step-by-step solution
This law is based on the fact that the alleles do not show any blending and that both the characters are recovered as such in the F2 generation though one of these is not seen at the F1 stage. Though the parents contain two alleles during gamete formation, the factors or alleles of a pair segregate from each other such that a gamete receives only one of the two factors. Of course, a homozygous parent produces all gametes that are similar while a heterozygous one produces two kinds of gametes each having one allele