Question 2: You have a purple pea plant of an unknown genotype. You crossbreed it with a  white pea plant (recessive) to generate offspring. All of the resulting offspring are purple.  Was your initial purple pea plant homozygous dominant or heterozygous dominant? Explain  your answer.

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Question 2: You have a purple pea plant of an unknown genotype. You crossbreed it with a  white pea plant (recessive) to generate offspring. All of the resulting offspring are purple.  Was your initial purple pea plant homozygous dominant or heterozygous dominant? Explain  your answer. 

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