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

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation5 Marks
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State the laws of inheritance that can be derived from such a cross.
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Answer

Law of Dominance: In a contrasting pair of factors, one member of the pair dominates (dominant) the other (recessive).
Law of Segregation: Factors or allele of pair separate from each other such that gamete receives only one of the two factors.

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