Recall That in Mendel's Work, Mating Between Yellow, Wrinkled, Seed-Producing

question 56

Multiple Choice

Recall that in Mendel's work, mating between yellow, wrinkled, seed-producing plants and plants that produced smooth green seeds resulted in a ratio of 9:3:3:1 for progeny phenotypes (refer to Fig. 16.12) . This observed ratio can be explained by:

• A)the multiplication rule.
• B)incomplete dominance.
• C)the addition rule.
• D)the principle of independent assortment.
• E)both the multiplication rule and the principle of independent assortment.

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