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Principles of Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation3 Marks
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State Mendel’s principle of segregation.
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Answer

Law of segregation:

This law states that the factors or alleles of a pair segregate from each other during gamete formation, such that a gamete receives only one of the two factors. They do not show any blending.

Results of a dihybrid cross where the two parents differed in two pairs of contrasting traits: seed colour and seed shape.

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