When Mendel crossed yellow-seeded and green-seeded pea plants, all the offspring were yellow-seeded. Which of the following genotypic ratios was expected when Mendel crossed the F1 yellow-seeded plants with green-seeded plants?
A) 1:2:1
B) 3:1
C) 1:1
D) 9:3:3:1

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When Mendel crossed F1 yellow-seeded plants (heterozygous for the seed color trait) with green-seeded plants (homozygous recessive), the expected genotypic ratio was 1:1, representing 1 heterozygous yellow-seeded to 1 homozygous green-seeded offspring.

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