A certain variety of pea plant produces purple (P) and white (p) flowers. A purple flowering pea plant (Pp) is crossed with another purple flowering pea plant (Pp). What percentage of their offspring would be expected to express the dominant phenotype for flower color?

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A certain variety of pea plant produces purple (P) and white (p) flowers.  A purple flowering pea plant (Pp) is crossed with another purple flowering pea plant (Pp).  What percentage of their offspring would be expected to express the dominant phenotype for flower color?

faithkristine · Answer

this one i cant even guess ask @eiwoh2 or @snowflake0531

snowflake0531 · Answer

stop tagging me in biology questions xd, i can only help in math... mainly

AZ · Answer

Purple (capital P) is going to be dominant so if you have at least one capital P then the flower will be purple.
For the flower to be white, you need to have pp since the white (p) is recessive.

Can you fill out the Punnett square?

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AZ · Answer

lower case p looks really similar to upper case P but hopefully you can tell the difference by the size haha

but on the top it's
upper case P  lower case p

and on the side
upper case P
lower case p