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In pea plants, plant height, seed shape, and seed color are governed by three independently assorting genes. The three genes have dominant and recessive alleles, with tall(T) dominant to short (t), round (R) dominant to wrinkled (r), and yellow (G) dominant to green (g).
a. If a true-breeding tall, wrinkled, yellow plant is crossed to a true-breeding short, round, green plant, what
b. What proportion of the
c. What proportion of the
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