In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed with a green seeded plant, what ratio of yellow and green seeded plants would you expect in F1 generation?
- 9 : 1
- 3 : 1
- 50 : 50
- 1 : 3
Answer
(3) 50 : 50
Solution
Let Y = yellow (dominant), y = green.
Heterozygous yellow (Yy) × green (yy)
Gametes: Y, y from Yy and y from yy
⇒ Progeny: Yy (yellow) : yy (green) = 1 : 1
∴ Yellow : green = 50 : 50
Answer: (3)