Neco 2019 Biology Question 3

Practice objective / multiple choice question 3 from the 2019 Neco Biology examination.

Neco 2019 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 3 NECO • 2019 • BIOLOGY • objective

In peas, gene A (tall \(T\) vs dwarf \(t\)) and gene B (yellow \(Y\) vs green \(y\)) are linked on the same chromosome with a recombination frequency of 20\%. A plant heterozygous for both genes in coupling phase (\(TY/ty\)) is crossed with a double‑recessive test plant (\(ty/ty\)). What is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring (tall yellow : tall green : dwarf yellow : dwarf green)?

Answer Options

A. 4:2:2:4
B. 5:5:0:0
Correct Answer C. 4:4:1:1
D. 3:3:2:2
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
4:4:1:1

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This is Neco 2019 Biology Question 3. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Neco Biology examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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