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In pea plants, the allele for purple flowers (P) is dominant to the allele (p) for white flowers. In a cross between a purple-flowered plant and a white-flowered plant, all 73 of the offspring plants had purple flowers. What are the most likely genotypes of the parent plants?

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Genotypes of the parent plants are discussed. The most likely genotypes of the parent plants are determined.

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In this cross it is most likely that the parental genotype of the purple plant was PP ...

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