Question

Mendel’s pea plants had either purple or white flowers. This means that the plants

Answer 1

have two alleles for the gene

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Both purple and white flowers are recessive phenotypes. In order for an organism to exhibit a recessive phenotype, its genotype must be homogenous for the recessive allele. This is only possible if the parents of the organisms are also purebreeding and they demonstrate the same recessive phenotypes.