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Biology Principles of Inheritance and Variation Skill Builder Single Correct MCQ
Published on: August 14, 2026

In snapdragon plants, broad leaf is completely dominant to narrow leaf whereas red flower colour is incompletely dominant to ivory (The genes for leaf width and flower colour are not linked). If plant which is heterozygous for both genes is crossed with a true-breeding broad - leaved red - flowered plant, then the expected proportion of broad - leaved plants with pink flowers amongst the offspring would be

A
1 in 4
B
2 in 4
C
3 in 4
D
4 in 4

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Let us suppose, BB represents broad leaf and bb represents narrow leaf. represents red flower colour and rr represents ivory. According to the question, red flower colour is incompletely dominant to ivory, therefore Rr will be pink coloured flowers. A cross between a plant which is heterozygous for both genes and true-breeding broad -leaved red - flowered plant is as follows:

Parents:

Gametes: Br bR rr BR

generation:

BR

BR

BBRR

Broad-leaved red flowers

BBRR

Broad-leaved red flowers

BBRR

Broad-leaved red flowers

Br

BBRr

Broad-leaved pink flowers

BBRr

Broad-leaved pink flowers

BBRr

Broad-leaved pink flowers

bR

BbRR

 leaved Red flowers

BbRR

 leaved Red flowers

BbRR

 leaved Red flowers

rr

BbRr

Broad-leaved pink flowers

BbRr

Broad-leaved pink flowers

BbRr

Broad-leaved pink flowers

From the above Punnett square, it is cleared that the expected proportion of broad - leaved plants with pink flowers amongst the offspring would be 2 in 4

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