NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
What was the phenotype of the F1 generation in the cross between true-breeding red-flowered and white-flowered snapdragons?
Options
- ARed
- BWhite
- CPink
- DPurple
Correct answer
C. Pink
Step-by-step solution
When experiments on peas were repeated using other traits in other plants, it was found that sometimes the F1 had a phenotype that did not resemble either of the two parents and was in between the two. The inheritance of flower colour in the dog flower (snapdragon or Antirrhinum sp.) is a good example to understand incomplete dominance. In a cross between true-breeding red-flowered (RR) and truebreeding white-flowered plants (rr), the F1 (Rr) was pink (Figure 4.6). When the F1 was self-pollinated the F2 resulted in