Question

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

• A. $1250$
• B. $600$
• C. $300$
• D. $2250$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$600$

Answer 2

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