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Mala is a genetic research student . She was given a plant to identify whether it is a homozygous or heterozygous for a particular trait. How will she proceed further ?

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To identify the plant genotype whether homozygous or heterozygous Mala can perform test cross , where the individual is crossed with homozygous recessive for the trait. If the plant is heterozygous then the resultant progenies would be in the ration 50 :50 (i.e,1:1)
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