A mating between a purebred purple-flowered pea plant and a purebred white-flowered pea plant would be called a ________.
A)pedigree analysis
B)monohybrid cross
C)test cross
D)dihybrid cross

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A monohybrid cross is a mating between two individuals that are homozygous for different alleles of a single gene. In this case, the purple-flowered pea plant is homozygous for the dominant allele for purple flowers, and the white-flowered pea plant is homozygous for the recessive allele for white flowers. The offspring of this cross will all be heterozygous for the flower color gene, and will all have purple flowers.

A Mating Between a Purebred Purple-Flowered Pea Plant and a Purebred