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Agriculture · Q173

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 173

Q173

An example of a heterozygous but homogeneous population is

A.
Pure line
B.
Open pollinated variety
C.
Hybrid variety
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
An example of a heterozygous but homogeneous population is the Hybrid variety.
A hybrid variety has homogeneous but heterozygous population.
Synthetic and composite varieties are developed in cross-pollinated species. Such varieties consist of several homozygotes and heterozygotes and thus constitute a heterogeneous population.