A cross in which an organism showing a dominant phenotype is crossed with the recessive parent in order to know its genotype is called :

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[Solution from source] Crossing a dominant-phenotype individual of unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive is a test cross: all dominant offspring means the individual was homozygous, and a 1 : 1 ratio means it was heterozygous. A back cross is any cross of F₁ with either parent, so only the cross with the recessive parent is the test cross. Answer (3).

Q. A cross in which an organism showing a dominant phenotype is crossed with the recessive parent in order to know its genotype is called :

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