Differentiate between the following –
Dominance and Recessive
Dominance refers to the expression of a character in the heterozygous condition, where it masks the effect of the other allele. Recessive characters are expressed only in the homozygous condition and remain unexpressed in the heterozygous state.
Homozygous and Heterozygous
Homozygous condition is when an organism has two identical alleles for a trait; recessive characters are expressed only in this condition. Heterozygous condition is when an organism has two different alleles for a trait; dominant characters are expressed in this condition.
Monohybrid and Dihybrid
Monohybrid cross involves a single pair of contrasting characters, while dihybrid cross involves two pairs of contrasting characters.
Explanation
The answers are derived directly from the provided textbook context. For part (a), the paragraph states that dominant characters are expressed in heterozygous condition and recessive characters only in homozygous condition. For part (b), the same paragraph links homozygous to recessive expression and heterozygous to dominant expression; the terms 'identical' and 'different' alleles are inherent to the definitions of homozygous and heterozygous. For part (c), the context includes questions referring to monohybrid and dihybrid crosses, and the dihybrid example involves two traits (seed color and height), allowing the inference that monohybrid involves one trait and dihybrid involves two traits.