One of Mendel's pure strains of pea plants had green peas. How many different kinds of eggs (gamete) could such a plant produce with regard to pea colour?
A
1
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B
2
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C
4
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D
8
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Solution
The correct option is A 1 Since the given pea plant is a pure strain, its genotype for green peas will be homozygous and thus it will produce only one kind of gamete.