Question

Pole beans, green pods (G) are a dominant trait, while yellow pods (g) are a recessive trait. A bean plant with a GG genotype is crossed with a second plant that has the gg genotype. If this cross produces 500 offspring, approximately how many of the offspring will have green pods?

A)0 B)125 C)250 D)500

Answer 1

D. Since one parent is a homozygous dominant, all of its offspring should have the dominant phenotype as well.