In Radishes, Red and White Are the Pure-Breeding Colors, and Long

question 44

Multiple Choice

In radishes, red and white are the pure-breeding colors, and long and round are the pure-breeding shapes, while the hybrids are purple and oval.The cross of a red, long radish and a white, round radish will produce an F₂ generation in which

• A)the most common phenotype will be oval and purple.
• B)the purple color will occur with all three shapes of radish.
• C)the red color will occur with all three shapes of radish.
• D)all white, long forms produced will be pure-breeding.
• E)all of these are true.

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