When Mendel crossed yellow-seeded and green-seeded pea plants, all the offspring were yellow-seeded. When he took these F₁ yellow-seeded plants and crossed them to green-seeded plants, what genotypic ratio was expected?
A) 1:2:1
B) 3:1
C) 1:1
D) 1:1:1:1

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The F₁ yellow-seeded plants are heterozygous (Yy). Crossing them with green-seeded plants (yy) results in a 1:1 genotypic ratio (Yy:yy).

When Mendel Crossed Yellow-Seeded and Green-Seeded Pea Plants, All the Offspring