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Garden Peas In garden peas, one pair of alleles controls the height of the plant and a second pair of alleles controls flower color. The allele for tall ( D ) is dominant to the allele for dwarf ( d ), and the allele for purple ( P ) is dominant to the allele for white ( p ). Use this information to answer the following question(s). In the garden peas example above, a tall plant with purple flowers crossed with a dwarf plant with white flowers produces 1/4 tall purple flowers, 1/4 tall white flowers, 1/4 dwarf purple flowers, and 1/4 dwarf white flowers. What is the genotype of the parents?

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