Using the illustration below and the assumption that

half of a plant’s sperm and eggs are a and half are A,
one can predict that the chance of sperm a meeting
egg A at fertilization is
a. 1/2 x 1/2.
b. 25 percent.
c. one out of four.
d. 1/2.
e. all of these EXCEPT 1/2.


Answer: e

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