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Genetic Inheritance of Traits in Plants
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What are genes in plants?

Units that control traits

What happens when a plant has both a dominant and recessive allele for the same trait?

The dominant allele is expressed

What is hybridisation in plant breeding?

Crossing plants with different traits

Why must flowers be emasculated before cross-pollination?

To prevent self-pollination

What characteristic do F1 generation plants typically display?

All show the dominant trait

What ratio of traits appears in the F2 generation?

3:1 dominant to recessive

What is the P generation in a breeding experiment?

The parent generation

Why do recessive traits reappear in the F2 generation?

F1 plants are heterozygous

How is understanding genetic inheritance useful in agriculture?

Developing new crop varieties

What is polygenic inheritance?

Multiple genes influence one trait

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