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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 4. Principles of Inheritance and Variation

In garden pea, round shape of seeds is dominant over wrinkled shape. A pea plant heterozygous for round shape of seed is selfed and 1600 seeds produced during the cross are subsequently germinated. How many seedlings would have the parental phenotype?

  1. A 400
  2. B 1600
  3. C 1200
  4. D 800
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(C) 1200

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(C) 1200,
If the pea plant is heterozygous for round shape then its genotype would be Rr.
Parents : \(Rr \times Rr\)
\(\quad\)\(\quad\)↓ (selfing)
Progeny: RR Rr Rr rr
Phenotypically, the ratio will be \(3: 1\) i.e., only rr seedlings will show wrinkled phenotype, rest will show round shape.
\(1200 \rightarrow\) Round shape (RR, Rr)
\(400 \rightarrow\) Wrinkled (r)