Asked by kj

Generation

Number of purple flowers

Number of white flowers

1

705

224

2

792

189

3

834

102

4

889

84

5

938

21

6

952

0


Ralph wanted to breed a pea plant that produced only purple flowers. He continued to breed purple-flower producing pea plants together over six generations. The results of Ralph's selective breeding are shown above. What did the selective breeding do to the population of pea plants?
A.
decreased its genetic diversity
B.
caused a pea plant to exhibit a new characteristic
C.
caused a new species of pea plant to form
D.
increased its genetic diversity

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. decreased its genetic diversity

Selective breeding for purple flowers increased the frequency of alleles for purple and eliminated the alleles for white over generations, reducing the population’s genetic variation. It did not create a new characteristic or a new species.