Question

An individual produced during a cross between two pure plants differing in two pairs of contrasting characters is always ______ 

Options

• Homozygous for the two selected traits.

• Homozygous for one trait and heterozygous for other traits.

• Heterozygous for the two selected traits.

• Heterozygous for none of the traits.

Answer 1

An individual produced during a cross between two pure plants differing in two pairs of contrasting characters is always Heterozygous for the two selected traits.

Explanation:

In a dihybrid cross with two pairs of contrast characters, the offspring produced in the F₁ generation are always heterozygous with complete dominance feature expressed.