Zoology - Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question with Solution | TestHub
When heterozygous tall plants are self -pollinated, then tall and dwarf plants are obtained. This explains
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As per Mendel's Law of segregation, "alleles segregate randomly into gametes: When gametes are formed, each allele of one parent segregates randomly into the gametes, such that half of the parent's gametes carry each allele."
Gametes are the reproductive cells produced by meiosis. These cells participate in the fertilization process to form the zygote. Gametes contain half the genetic content of the parent cell. Also, the genes/allele/loci segregate and recombine during the meiosis. The alleles in the gamete for the feature (stem height) segregate from each other and each gamete formed receives only one allele for each gene/feature.
Expression of tall and dwarf plants in next-generation on self-pollinating heterozygous tall plants supports the law of segregation.
