A certain plant homozygous for yellow seeds and red flowers was crossed with a plant homozygous for green…

A certain plant homozygous for yellow seeds and red flowers was crossed with a plant homozygous for green seeds and white flowers. The $F_1$ plants had yellow seeds and pink flowers. The $F_1$ plants were selfed to get $F_2$ progeny. Assuming independent assortment of the two characters, how many phenotypic categories are expected for these characters in the $F_2$ generation?
  1. $4$
  2. $6$
  3. $9$
  4. $16$

Solution



As six different, phenotypic categories are visible, thus option (2) is correct.

Asked in: NEET 2023 (Manipur)

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