In peas, the yellow allele is dominant over the green allele. A plant with yellow peas was crossed to a plant with green peas. The resulting plants were 50% yellow and 50% green. What is the genotype of the parents in this cross?

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The yellow plant must be heterozygous (Yy) to produce both yellow and green offspring when crossed with a homozygous recessive (yy) green plant.

In Peas, the Yellow Allele Is Dominant Over the Green