Recall That in Mendel's Work, Mating Between Yellow, Wrinkled, Seed-Producing

Multiple Choice

Recall that in Mendel's work, mating between yellow, wrinkled, seed-producing plants and plants that produced smooth green seeds resulted in a ratio of 9:3:3:1 for progeny phenotypes (refer to Fig. 16.12) . This observed ratio can be explained by:

A) the multiplication rule.
B) incomplete dominance.
C) the addition rule.
D) the principle of independent assortment.
E) both the multiplication rule and the principle of independent assortment.