Multiple choice

A white flowered Pisum sativum is crossed with a plant that is heterozygous for the trait. What percentage of the progenies will have purple flowers?

  1. 0%

  2. 25 %

  3. 50 %

  4. 75 %
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In the above question one parent is homozygous recessive, pp, while the other is heterozygous, Pp. With the help of Punnett square, you can see that half of the offspring will be homozygous, thus purple, and half will be white.

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