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A plant breeder is trying to develop more purple colored violets. She knows the purple violets she can be PP or Pp for the purple color. She crosses two purple violets. Of the four plants that result, one white and three are purple. What can she conclude about the parent plants?

A. One of the parents' genotypes must have been Pp and the other pp.

B. One of the parents' genotype must have been Pp and the other PP.

C. Both of the parents' genotype must have been Pp.

D. Both of the parents' genotype must have been PP.

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A plant breeder is trying to develop more purple colored violets. She knows the purple violets she can be PP or Pp for the purple color. She crosses two purple violets. Of the four plants that result, one white and three are purple. What can she conclude about the parent plants?

A. One of the parents' genotypes must have been Pp and the other pp.

B. One of the parents' genotype must have been Pp and the other PP.

C. Both of the parents' genotype must have been Pp.

D. Both of the parents' genotype must have been PP.

anonymous · Answer

I'm pretty sure it's either B or C. I'm leaning more towards C though.

shreehari499 · Answer

@xXKittyXx  How can u say that it's C??

anonymous · Answer

I can see y that is difficult

anonymous · Answer

The again its 3 outa 4

shreehari499 · Answer

Try this link..Its the same qn you've asked.. https://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121205143812AAsJmze

shreehari499 · Answer

@repsurfer84

anonymous · Answer

I was saying it's C because in the question it stated that the purple color was PP and Pp, so to get the white it would need to be pp. @shreehari499