Question

mendel crossed two plants that were heterozygous for the trait of flower color. which genotypes could he have used to represent the cross?
pp pp
pp pp
pp pp
pp pp

Explanation:

• A heterozygous genotype has two different alleles.
• In the options:
• \(PP\) is homozygous (two of the same dominant alleles).
• \(pp\) is homozygous (two of the same recessive alleles).
• \(Pp\) has two different alleles (one dominant \(P\) and one recessive \(p\)), so it is heterozygous.

Answer:

B. \(Pp\times Pp\)