Gregor Mendel Carried Out a Cross Between Two Pea Plants

question 25

Multiple Choice

Gregor Mendel carried out a cross between two pea plants by taking pollen from a plant that was homozygous for round seeds and dusting the pollen onto the stigma of a plant homozygous for wrinkled seeds.Which of the following would be the reciprocal cross that Mendel had carried out for this experiment?

• A)Homozygous round stigma pollinated with pollen from a homozygous wrinkled plant
• B)Homozygous round stigma pollinated with pollen from a heterozygous wrinkled plant
• C)Heterozygous round stigma pollinated with pollen from a homozygous wrinkled plant
• D)Homozygous wrinkled stigma pollinated with pollen from a homozygous round plant
• E)Homozygous wrinkled stigma pollinated with pollen from a homozygous wrinkled plant

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