Question

the total number of purelines prepared by mendel in his hybridisation experiment in garden pea plant for 7 characters were
1 seven
2 fourteen
3 two
4 twenty two

Answer 1

Answer:

1

Explanation:

Pea has seven sets of chromosomes, the seven characters were located on four different chromosomes . two characters were located on the first chromosome, three on chromosome no. 4 and one each on chromosome number 5 & 7.

So, the correct answer is "2 in chromosome no. 1, 3 in chromosome no. 4, 1 in chromosome no. 5 and 1 in chromosome no. 7".

Answer 2

The total number of purelines prepared by mendel in his hybridisation experiment in garden pea plant for 7 characters were 2. fourteen.

Explanation for the answer:

• Mendel conducted this hybridisation experiments on pea plants from the year 1856-1863.
• He proposed the law of Inheritance on the basis of artificial pollination or cross-pollination experiments by using 14 true-breeding pea plant varieties consisting of seven pairs of contrasting traits.
• These traits include characteristics such as colour, shape, the colour of pods, the shape of pods, size of the plant, position of flowers and also colour of flowers.
• Hence, the correct answer among all the options is option 2. fourteen.

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