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Felicity draws this diagram on the board to explain one of Mendel's experiments for her classmates. She says that it shows the cross between two first-generation offspring. What is the error in her diagram?

All peas should be green.
All peas should be yellow-green.
One pea should be green and three peas should be yellow.
One pea should be yellow and three peas should be green.

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One pea should be green and three peas should be yellow.

Explanation: F1 offspring are heterozygous (Yy, yellow). Crossing Yy × Yy gives genotypes YY:Yy:yy in a 1:2:1 ratio, so phenotypes are 3 yellow : 1 green (only yy is green).