In a variety of cornflowers in which blue flowers and dwarf plants are controlled by dominant genes carried on separate pairs of chromosomes, and white flowers and tall plants are their recessive counterparts, assume a cross has been made between a homozygous blue, dwarf plant and a homozygous white, tall plant. Which of the following would be represented in the F₁ generation? A) BBDD B) BBdd C) bbDD D) BbDd E) BbDD

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The FS1 generation from a cross between a homozygous blue, dwarf plant (BBDD) and a homozygous white, tall plant (bbdd) would all be heterozygous for both traits (BbDd), as they would inherit one allele for each trait from each parent.

In a Variety of Cornflowers in Which Blue Flowers and Dwarf