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A tobacco plant heterozygous for a recessive character is self-pollinated and 1200 seeds are subsequently germinated. How many seedlings would have the parental genotype ?

Option: 1

1250


Option: 2

600


Option: 3

300


Option: 4

2250


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As we learnt ,

 

Monohybrid cross -

The Tt plant is heterozygous for genes controlling one character (height), it is a monohybrid.

- wherein

The cross between TT and tt is a monohybrid cross.

 

 When heterozygous plants are self - pollinated , 50 % of progeny would be parental type. Hence , 600 seeds would have parental genotype .

 

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