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A true breeding plant is:
BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEETNEET 2016 (Phase 2)
Options:
  • A One that is able to breed on its own
  • B Produced due to cross-pollination among unrelated plants
  • C Near homozygous and produces offspring of its own kind
  • D Always homozygous recessive in its genetic constitution
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Near homozygous and produces offspring of its own kind
The true breeding line is one that, having undergone continuous self-pollination, shows the stable trait inheritance and expression for several generations. It is both homozygous recessive as well as dominant in the genetic constitution.

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