Gregor Mendel carried out a cross between two pea plants by taking pollen from a plant that was homozygous for round seeds and dusting the pollen onto the stigma of a plant homozygous for wrinkled seeds. Which of the following would be the reciprocal cross that Mendel had carried out for this experiment?
A) Stigma of a plant homozygous for round seed pollinated with pollen from a plant homozygous for wrinkled-seed plant
B) Stigma of a plant homozygous for round seed pollinated with pollen from a plant heterozygous for wrinkled-seed plant
C) Stigma of a plant heterozygous for round seed pollinated with pollen from a plant homozygous for wrinkled-seed plant
D) Stigma of a plant homozygous for wrinkled seed pollinated with pollen from a plant homozygous for round-seed plant
E) Stigma of a plant homozygous for wrinkled seed pollinated with pollen from a plant homozygous for wrinkled-seed plant

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The reciprocal cross involves switching the roles of the male and female parents. In this case, the stigma of a plant homozygous for round seeds is pollinated with pollen from a plant homozygous for wrinkled seeds.

Gregor Mendel Carried Out a Cross Between Two Pea Plants