Question

One character in peas that Mendel studied was yellow versus green seeds.

A cross between a homozygous yellow line (YY) and a homozygous green line (yy) will result in F1 plants that are heterozygous (Yy) for this trait and produce yellow seeds.
When an F1 plant undergoes meiosis, what gamete types will it produce, and in what proportions?
Use your understanding of Mendel's law (or principle) of segregation to label each gamete possibility as "correct" or "incorrect."
a. incorrect
b. correct
c. incorrect
d. incorrect
e. incorrect
f. incorrect

Answer 1

Answer: The F1 plant will produce 50% Y and 50% y gametes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Meiosis is a process in which a cell reduces the number of chromosomes in half, in order to prepare for sexual reproduction. So, in this case we have a heterozygous plant which will end up with 50% Y and 50% y gametes according to Mendel's segregation law.