If You Cross Pea Plants That Are Heterozygous for Purple

question 21

Multiple Choice

If you cross pea plants that are heterozygous for purple flowers and yellow seeds (PpYy) , and you examine 800 offspring for flower and seed color, about how many do you expect to have white flowers and green seeds?

• A)all of them (800)
• B)450
• C)400
• D)50
• E)150

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