NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
How did the phenotype ratios in the F2 generation of snapdragons differ from typical Mendelian monohybrid crosses?
Options
- AThey were the same as Mendelian ratios
- BThey showed a 3:1 dominant: recessive ratio
- CThey had changed from the 3:1 dominant: recessive ratio
- DThey showed a 1:2:1 genotypic ratio
Correct answer
C. They had changed from the 3:1 dominant: recessive ratio
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