Question

Pea plants can have yellow seeds or green seeds. Which conclusion about the meaning of Y is correct if the allele combination Yy is for yellow seeds?

Answer 1

Answer:

yellow and dominant

Explanation:

In genetics, complete dominance occurs when a gene variant referred to as 'dominant allele' completely masks the expression of another allele referred to as 'recessive allele' in heterozygous individuals (i.e., individuals carrying one copy of the dominant allele and one copy of the recessive allele) at a specific locus. In this case, the yellow (Y) allele is dominant for the trait of 'color seed' with regard to the recessive (y) allele, which is responsible for the phenotype of green seeds, and therefore heterozygous individuals (Yy) will have yellow seeds.