In peas,tallness is dominant over dwarfness and red colour of flowers is dominant over the white colour. When a tall plant bearing red flowers was pollinated with a dwarf plant bearing white flowers,the different phenotypic groups were obtained in the progeny in numbers mentioned against them:
Tall,Red $= 138$
Tall,White $= 132$
Dwarf,Red $= 136$
Dwarf,White $= 128$
Mention the genotypes of the two parents and of the four offspring types.

Vedclass pdf generator app on play store
Vedclass iOS app on app store
(A) The result shows that the four types of offspring are in a ratio of $1:1:1:1$. Such a result is observed in a test-cross progeny of a dihybrid cross. The cross can be represented as:
Parents: Tall and Red $(TtRr)$ $\times$ Dwarf and White $(ttrr)$
The gametes produced by the tall red parent $(TtRr)$ are $TR, Tr, tR, tr$,while the dwarf white parent $(ttrr)$ produces only $tr$ gametes.
The resulting offspring genotypes are:
$1. TtRr$ (Tall,Red)
$2. Ttrr$ (Tall,White)
$3. ttRr$ (Dwarf,Red)
$4. ttrr$ (Dwarf,White)
Thus,the genotypes of the parents are $TtRr$ and $ttrr$,and the genotypes of the four offspring types are $TtRr, Ttrr, ttRr,$ and $ttrr$.

Explore More

Similar Questions

Explain the Law of Independent Assortment based on a dihybrid cross.

If the genotype of an organism for two pairs of genes is represented by $AaBb$,then the possible genetic combinations of gametes after meiosis will be:

When a dwarf plant with terminal flowers is crossed with a tall plant with axial flowers,what will be the proportion of dwarf plant progeny in the $F_1$ generation (in $\%$)?

Heterozygous tall and violet flowered pea plants were selfed and total $512$ seeds are collected. What will be the total number of seeds that are heterozygous for both traits?

When a dihybrid plant with dominant traits of red color and tall height $(RrTt)$ is crossed with a recessive plant having white color and dwarf height $(rrtt)$,what will be the phenotypic ratio of the offspring for red-tall,red-dwarf,white-tall,and white-dwarf respectively?

Vedclass Products

For Students

Vedclass Test Series

Mock tests in real JEE/NEET style with performance analysis. 5-day free trial.

Start Free Trial
For Teachers

Exam Paper Generator

Generate Set A/B/C/D exam papers from 7.5L+ questions in 2 minutes. 3 chapters free.

Try Free
For Institutes

Online Exam Module

Live online exams with unlimited students, 360° analytics & white-label branding.

See Demo