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A pea plant with purple flowers was crossed with white flowers producing 50 plants with only purple flowers . On selfing, these plants produced 482 plants with purple flowers and 162 with white flowers. What genetic mechanism accounts for these results ? Explain

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Phenotypic ratio si
Purple flowered plants : White flowered plants
3 (482) : 1 (162)
Mechanism is as follows
(i) Factors segregate from each other that remained together in a hybrid during gamete formation
(ii) A homozygous parent produces all gametes that are similar while heterozygous parent produces two kinds of gametes in equal ratio
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