Mendel crossed yellow-seeded and green-seeded pea plants and then allowed the offspring to self-pollinate to produce an F₂ generation.The results were as follows:
6022 yellow and 2001 green (8023 total).The allele for green seeds has what relationship to the allele for yellow seeds?

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The fact that the F₁ generation produced all yellow seeds indicates that the allele for yellow seeds is dominant over the allele for green seeds. The fact that the F₂ generation produced both yellow and green seeds, with a ratio of approximately 3:1, indicates that green seed color is a recessive trait. Therefore, the allele for green seeds is recessive to the allele for yellow seeds.

Mendel Crossed Yellow-Seeded and Green-Seeded Pea Plants and Then Allowed