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

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