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Question: A pure breeding pea plant with the dominant phenotype of character A and recessive phenotype of char...

A pure breeding pea plant with the dominant phenotype of character A and recessive phenotype of character B was crossed with another pure breeding plant with the recessive phenotype of A and dominant phenotype of character B. A offspring of this cross was crossed with a homozygous recessive for both the characters – A and B. The following results are obtained 22 were phenotypically dominant for A and recessive for B.

4 were phenotypically dominant for both A and B.

4 were phenotypically recessive for both A and B.

24 were phenotypically recessive for A and dominant for B.

These results show that

A

Genes A and B are linked

B

Independent segregation of genes A and B

C

Mendelian dihybrid inheritance

D

Polygenic inheritance

Answer

Genes A and B are linked