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Pure-bred round-yellow pea seeds have genotype RRYY and the pure-bred wrinkled-green pea seeds have genotype rryy. Keeping this in mind, write the phenotypes of the following genotypes of hybrid pea seeds :
(a) Rryy
(b) rrYy
(c) rrYY
(d) RrYy
(e) RRyy
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Solution
(a) Round-green
(b) Wrinkled-yellow
(c) Wrinkled-yellow
(d) Round-yellow
(e) Round-green
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