ExamBro
ExamBro
CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2025

MONOHYBRID CROSS
The inheritance of flower color in the dog flower (Snapdragon or Antirrhinum sp.) can be understood by crossbreeding between true-breeding red-flowered (RR) and true-breeding white-flowered plants (rr). When they were crossed, F₁ (Rr) was pink. When F₁ was self-pollinated, the F₂ results were Red, Pink and White. Here the genotype ratios were exactly as expected, but the phenotype ratios have been changed. What happened was that R was not completely dominant over r and this made it possible to distinguish Rr as pink from RR (Red) and rr (White).
What will be the genotypic ratio in F₂ generation when F₁ (Rr) was self-pollinated?

  1. A 3 : 1
  2. B 2 : 1 : 1
  3. C 1 : 1
  4. D 1 : 2 : 1
Verified Solution

Answer & Solution

Correct Answer

(D) 1 : 2 : 1

Step-by-step Solution

Detailed explanation

\(1 : 2 : 1\)