Write short and brief answer for the following questions.

1. In what conditions the law of dominance and the law of independent assortment were
applicable in Mendel’s genetic crosses?

2. Consider a Dihybrid inheritance and, suppose a heterozygous round yellow pea plant of RrYy
genotype is selfed (crossed with RrYy) and produced 364 seeds, how many seeds are expected to
be round yellow?

3. Briefly explain why knowing the phenotype will not always directly reveal the genotype of the
organism.

4. What is test cross and show its significance using genetic cross example.

5. What are the factors that greatly contributed to the success of Mendel in his breeding
experiments?