Question

Greg is raising pea

plants. A new recessive mutation has resulted in one plant with red flowers with the genotype pp. All of his other plants have purple flowers and the genotype PP. If a red pp plant is cross-

bred with a purple PP plant, what will be the phenotype of the offspring?


O 25 percent purple and 75 percent red


O 75 percent purple and 25 percent red


O 100 percent purple


O 50 percent purple and 50 percent red

Answer 1

marianaegarciaperedo (the person who answered above me) is right.

I just took the test for FLVS it's right.

Answer 2

100 percent purple

Step-by-step explanation:

Available data:

• recessive allele, p, expresses red color
• dominant allele P, expresses purple color
• PP and Pp are purple flowered-plants
• pp are red flowered-plants

Cross:

Parental) PP x pp

Gametes) P P p p

Punnet square) P P

p Pp Pp

p Pp Pp

F1) 100% purple flowered-plants

4/4 = 1 Pp heterozygous individuals