Q.

A heterozygous pea plant with violet flowers was crossed with homozygous pea plant with white flower. Violet is dominant over white. Which one of the following represents the expected combinations among 40 progenies formed               [2023]

1 30 produced violet and 10 produced white flowers  
2 20 produced violet and 20 produced white flowers  
3 All 40 produced violet flowers  
4 All 40 produced white flowers  

Ans.

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Violet is dominant over white. So, heterozygous violet flowers will have the genotype of (Vv) and white flowers will have genotype of (vv). When these two plants are crossed, the F1 generation will have the ratio of violet : white as 1 : 1. It is shown as:

Thus, 20 violet and 20 white flowers are produced among 40 progenies.