In pea plants, green pod color dominates yellow pod color. If a pea plant with yellow pods is crossed with a pea plant heterozygous for pod color, ____ of the offspring will have yellow pods.

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The pea plant with yellow pods must be homozygous recessive (yy) since yellow is recessive, and the heterozygous plant (Yy) has one dominant allele for green and one recessive allele for yellow. When crossed (Yy x yy), the offspring will be 50% heterozygous (Yy) with green pods and 50% homozygous recessive (yy) with yellow pods.

In Pea Plants, Green Pod Color Dominates Yellow Pod Color