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Monohybrid
cross
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Dihybrid
cross
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i.
Crosses involving a single pair of
alleles are called monohybrid crosses.
ii.
Monohybrid crosses yield a
phenotypic ratio of 3:1 in the F2 generation.
iii.
Genes are not assorted to form new
recombination of characters.
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i.
Crosses involving two pairs of
alleles are called dihybrid crosses.
ii.
Dihybrid crosses yield a phenotypic
ratio of 9:3:3:1 in the F2 generation.
iii.
Genes are assorted to form new
combinations of characters.
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Monohybrid cross Dihybrid cross
