Mendel Crossed True Breeding Yellow-Seeded and Green-Seeded Pea Plants and Then

question 27

Multiple Choice

Mendel crossed true breeding yellow-seeded and green-seeded pea plants and then allowed the offspring to self-pollinate to produce an F2 generation. The results were as follows: 6,022 yellow and 2,001 green (8,023 total) . Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship of the allele for green seeds to the allele for yellow seeds?

• A) The green allele is dominant to the yellow allele.
• B) The two alleles exhibit incomplete dominance.
• C) The green allele is recessive to the yellow allele.
• D) The two alleles are codominant.

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