Question

To represent a genotype, the dominant allele is represented by a capital letter and the recessive allele by a small letter.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me in final exam.

Enquiry is from Inheritance of One Gene-2 in division Principles of Inheritance and Variation of Biology – Class 12

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) True

Explanation: The convention used to write the genotype uses a single letter to represent an allele. Capital letters symbolize dominant alleles. The corresponding small letters are used to represent recessive alleles.