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Assertion: A geneticist crossed a pea plant having violet flowers with a pea plant with white flowers, he got all violet flowers in first generation.
Reason: White colour gene is not passed on to next generation.

A

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B

Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

C

A is true but R is false.

D

A is false and R is true.

Text Solution

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The correct Answer is:
C
The gene for violet flower is dominant over the gene for white flower so that only the violet gene is expressed as violet flower in the first generation.
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