Given below are two statements.
Statement I: If the gene controlling pea seed shape and size is assumed B, then the B gene is dominant for seed shape.
Statement II: The B gene in peas is incompletely dominant for starch grain size.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Both statement I and statement II are correct.

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect.

Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct.

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

In Mendel's pea plant experiments, he studied the inheritance of various traits, including seed shape, and saw that gene B is dominant for seed shape. B gene in pea is incompletely dominant for starch grain size. BB represent large starch grain size, Bb leads to the formation of intermediate starch grain size and bb led to the formation of small starch grain size.

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