When Mendel examined the inheritance of pod colour, he crossed true-breeding green and true-breeding yellow plants. All of the plants produced were yellow. He then crossed two of the F1 yellow plants and found that some of the offspring were green and some were yellow. What were the genotypes of the original parents? yellow and green O YY and yy There is not enough information to tell. O green and Yy Yy and Yy

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When Mendel examined the inheritance of pod colour, he crossed true-breeding
green and true-breeding yellow plants. All of the plants produced were yellow. He
then crossed two of the F1 yellow plants and found that some of the offspring were
green and some were yellow. What were the genotypes of the original parents?
O yellow and green
YY and yy
There is not enough information to tell.
O green and Yy
O Yy and Yy
Transcribed Image Text:When Mendel examined the inheritance of pod colour, he crossed true-breeding green and true-breeding yellow plants. All of the plants produced were yellow. He then crossed two of the F1 yellow plants and found that some of the offspring were green and some were yellow. What were the genotypes of the original parents? O yellow and green YY and yy There is not enough information to tell. O green and Yy O Yy and Yy
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