I. In tomatoes, red fruit is dominant to yellow fruit,and purple stems are dominant to green stems. Theprogeny from one mating consisted of 305 red fruit,purple stem plants; 328 red fruit, green stem plants;110 yellow fruit, purple stem plants; and 97 yellowfruit, green stem plants. What were the genotypesof the parents in this cross?

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I. In tomatoes, red fruit is dominant to yellow fruit,
and purple stems are dominant to green stems. The
progeny from one mating consisted of 305 red fruit,
purple stem plants; 328 red fruit, green stem plants;
110 yellow fruit, purple stem plants; and 97 yellow
fruit, green stem plants. What were the genotypes
of the parents in this cross?

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