In squash plants, the allele for yellow fruit (Y) is dominant to the allele for green fruit (y). A plant with genotype YY is crossed with a plant with genotype Yy.


What are the expected genotype percentages in the offspring of this cross?

Question options:

A)

100% heterozygous and 0% homozygous


B)

50% homozygous dominant and 50% heterozygous


C)

50% homozygous dominant and 50% homozygous recessive


D)

25% homozygous dominant, 50% heterozygous, and 25% homozygous recessive

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