A cross between two pea plants results in 732 purple and 268 white plants. What is (are) the genotype(s) and phenotype(s) of the parents that produced these offspring?
A. One parent is homozygous purple; second parent is heterozygous white.
B. One parent is heterozygous purple; second parent is heterozygous white.
C. Both parents are heterozygous purple.
D. One parent is homozygous purple; second parent is homozygous white.
E. One parent heterozygous purple; second parent homozygous white.
Answer: C
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