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In peas, the color yellow (Y) is dominant to the color green (y). How many of the four possible outcomes are yellow?

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It depends on the situations. In the first situation, a Yy gene crosses with a Yy gene. 3 out of 4 of the outcomes have a capital Y in them, meaning that they have a dominant yellow allele. The bottom-right box has two lower-case y's, so it will be green. In the second situation, a YY gene crosses with a Yy gene. Here, all 4 out of 4 of the outcomes have at least one capital Y, so they will all be yellow. Hope that helps!
In peas, the color yellow (Y) is dominant to the color green (y). How many of the-example-1
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because in order to be yellow the only 2 alleles  you can have are the 2
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