Prove the authenticity of the statement — “The phenotypic and genotypic ratio remain identical in case of Incomplete Dominance”.
WBBSE
Class X
Life Science
03 (a) Heredity
02 Mark
2022
The statement is not true. In incomplete dominance, the phenotypic ratio and genotypic ratio are different because the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes. Therefore, the phenotypic ratio does not match the genotypic ratio.
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