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JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-1995

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    In Mirabilis jalapa when two pink flowered plants were crossed with each other, theF2 generation produced 40 red, 80 pink and 40 white flowering plants. This is a case of:

    A)  incomplete dominance

    B)     duplicate genes                              

    C)     epistasis                             

    D)         lethal genes

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Mirabilis jalapa shows   incomplete dominance in which \[{{F}_{1}}\] generation have all pink color offspring instead of red or white. \[{{F}_{2}}\] generation have 1 : 2 : 1 in red, pink and white flower.


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