In the Sweet Pea Crossing Experiment by Bateson and Punnet,the

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Multiple Choice

In the sweet pea crossing experiment by Bateson and Punnet,the F₂ generation had many more offspring with the phenotypes of purple flowers with long pollen (PL) and red flowers with round pollen (pl) than expected from independent assortment.This is because

• A)in these sweet peas,there are always more PL gametes than there are pl gametes.
• B)in sweet peas,the alleles for flower color and pollen shape are on the same chromosome.
• C)In sweet peas,the alleles for flower color and pollen shape are next to each other on the same chromosome.
• D)In sweet peas,the allele for flower color is in the nuclear genome and the allele for pollen shape is on the chloroplast genome.
• E)All of these are correct.

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