An allele of the pea color gene specifies the enzyme Sgr, which normally functions in a pathway to break down chlorophyll during pea maturation, resulting in yellow mature peas. A second allele of the Sgr gene produces no enzyme and is the ________ allele.

A) dominant
B) recessive
C) wild-type
D) functioning


B) recessive

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