Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance Statement II: Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Which of the following occurs due to the presence of autosome linked dominant trait?

Mendel's law of Independent assortment does not hold good for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome.

If a colour blind female marries a man whose mother was also colour blind, what are the chances of her progeny having colour blindness?