When homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive parents are crossed one would expect to observe

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When homozygous dominant (AA) and homozygous recessive (aa) parents are crossed, all F1 offspring will be heterozygous (Aa) and display the dominant trait. However, when these F1 individuals are crossed (Aa x Aa), some F2 offspring will show the recessive trait according to Mendelian genetics, specifically in a 3:1 ratio of dominant to recessive phenotypes.

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