In the sweet pea crossing experiment by Bateson and Punnet,the F₂ generation had many more offspring with the phenotypes of purple flowers with long pollen (PL)and red flowers with round pollen (pl)than expected from independent assortment.This is because A)in these sweet peas,there are always more PL gametes than there are pl gametes. B)in sweet peas,the alleles for flower color and pollen shape are on the same chromosome. C)In sweet peas,the alleles for flower color and pollen shape are next to each other on the same chromosome. D)In sweet peas,the allele for flower color is in the nuclear genome and the allele for pollen shape is on the chloroplast genome. E)All of these are correct.

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In the experiment by Bateson and Punnett, the observation of more offspring with certain phenotypes than expected under independent assortment suggests that the genes for flower color and pollen shape are linked, meaning they are located on the same chromosome. This linkage disrupts the expected ratios of phenotypes if the genes were assorting independently.

In the Sweet Pea Crossing Experiment by Bateson and Punnet,the