Question

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

• A. Axial flower position
• B. Green seed colour
• C. Green pod colour
• D. Round seed shape

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Green seed colour

Answer 2

In Mendel's experiments, he found that when he crossed a green-seeded pea plant (homozygous for the green allele, gg) with a yellow-seeded pea plant (homozygous for the yellow allele, GG), all the offspring had yellow seeds. However, when he crossed these yellow-seeded offspring with each other (resulting in a Gg genotype), some of the progeny had green seeds, demonstrating the recessive nature of the green seed color trait.

So, the correct option is (B): Green seed colour