Question

A true breeding plant is -

• A. one that is able to breed on its own
• B. produced due to cross-pollination among unrelated plants
• C. near homozygous and produces offspring of its own kind
• D. always homozygous recessive in its genetic constitution

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

True breeding line is one that, having undergone continuous self pollination, shows the stable trait inheritance and expression for several generations. It is both homozygous recessive as well as dominant in genetic constitution.