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Inheritance and genetic crosses

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Question 64

An investigator crossed pea plants that always produced yellow seeds with pea plants that always produced green seeds.

The seeds of the offspring (F1 F_1\,F1​ generation) were all yellow, as shown in the diagram below.

Pea plant genetic cross diagram showing parents with yellow and green seeds producing offspring with all yellow seeds

Which conclusion can be made about the characteristic for yellow seeds?

the characteristic is recessive

the characteristic is dominant

the characteristic is a mutation

the characteristic is environmental

Inheritance and genetic crosses Questions

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