Study the following with regard to pleiotropy. The starch synthesis in pea plants is controlled by a single gene. It has two alleles B and b. BB homozygotes produced large starch grains as compared to that produced by bb homozygotes. After maturation, it was observed that BB seeds were round and bb were wrinkled. When they were crossed, the resultant heterozygotes produced round seeds, but starch grains produced are of intermediate size in Bb seeds.
According to the above information, correct statements of the following:-
progeny shows round and wrinkled seeds in 1:1 ratio.
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Verified by ExpertsDominance is not an autonomous feature of a gene that it has information for. A single gene product may produce more than one effect. It may result with dominant feature or incomplete dominance feature. This was proved by Mendel by different examples.
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