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Pea plants that were heterozygous for both height and colour of seed coat (TtYy) were crossed with pea plants that wwere homozygous recessive for both traits (ttyy). The offsprings from this cross included tall plants with green seeds, tallplants with yellow seeds, short plants with green seeds, and short plants with yellow seeds. This cross best illustrates

A

Gene mutation

B

Independent assortment of chromosomes

C

Environmental influence on herdity

D

Intermediate inheritance

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