Q. The phenotypic ratio obtained in quantitative inheritance of a dihybrid cross is :

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Solution:

Multiple factor inheritance (polygenic inheritance or quantitative inheritance) implies that several pairs of alleles are interacting and that each has a similar and measurable effect on the characteristic. Experimental evidence for polygenic inheritance was first obtained by a Swedish geneticist. H. Nilsson Ehle in 1908. He found that kernel colour in wheat is determined by three gene pairs. The phenotypic ratio in quantitative inheritance of a dihybrid cross will bel: is the phenotypic ratio of incomplete dominance in Mirabilis jalapa. is the dihybrid phenotypic ratio or law of independent assortment.