NEET 2003 · Class 12

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Which one of the following traits of garden pea studied by Mendel was a recessive feature?

  1. (A)Axial flower position
  2. (B)Green seed colour
  3. (C)Green pod colour
  4. (D)Round seed shape

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Thus, yellow colour was dominant over green and round shape dominant over wrinkled.

Chapter
Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Section
4.3 INHERITANCE OF TWO GENES
Page
11
Words matched
13 of 13

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'yellow colour was dominant over green', which conclusively identifies green seed colour as the recessive trait among the options.

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