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A true-breeding plant with yellow seeds is bred with a true-breeding plant with green seeds. What color seeds will the offspring produce where yellow is the dominant seed color?

A.
all yellow

B.
all green

C.
three-fourths yellow and one-fourth green

D.
three-fourths green and one-fourth yellow

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Answer:

A. all yellow

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that, a true breeding plant for a certain trait means that both the alleles of a gene are same and the plant is homozygous for the trait. So it means that a true-breeding plant with yellow seeds will have alleles as YY. While, true-breeding plant with green seeds will ave alleles as gg.

Lets see what happens when we cross them.

P1: YY x gg

Gametes: Y : Y g: g

Offspring: Yg: Yg: Y:g :Yg

So the genotype of all the offspring is Yg, and because yellow is dominant over green (stated in the question) .

Consequently all the plants will have yellow seeds.

Hope it helps!

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