When Mendel Used True-Breeding White Flowers and True-Breeding Purple Flowers

question 13

Multiple Choice

When Mendel used true-breeding white flowers and true-breeding purple flowers as the parental generation, what were the results? (Purple flower is dominant over white.)

• A) Three-quarters of the flowers produced were white and one-quarter were purple.
• B) All of the offspring had purple flowers.
• C) All of the offspring had white flowers.
• D) One-half of the flowers produced were white and one-half were purple.
• E) Three-quarters of the flowers produced were purple and one-quarter were white.

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