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Question 17 • Biology

In peas, yellow seed color (Y) is dominant to green seed color (y). A homozygous green seed pea plant is crossed with a heterozygous yellow seed pea plant. What is the predicted phenotypic ratio of the offspring based on seed color?

Answer
A
100 percent Yy, 0 percent yy
B
50 percent YY, 50 percent yy
C
50 percent yellow, 50 percent green
D
100 percent yellow, 0 percent green

Explanation

The homozygous green parent has genotype yy, and the heterozygous yellow parent has genotype Yy. The yy parent can pass only y, while the Yy parent passes Y or y with equal probability, so the offspring are half Yy (yellow) and half yy (green). Therefore, the predicted phenotypic ratio is 50 percent yellow and 50 percent green.

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