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Q. A cross in which an organism showing a dominant phenotype is crossed with the recessive parent in order to know its genotype is called

AIPMTAIPMT 2010Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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In test cross, F1 individual showing a dominant phenotype is crossed with homozygous recessive parent. The progenies of such a cross can easily be analysed to predict the genotype of the test organism.