A plant breeder crosses two pea plants from the same strain, and then plants the seeds they produce. Which observation below suggests that a mutation occurred in the genes of one of the parent plants?

OPTIONS

a. A plant that is nearly identical in all traits to one of its parents.



b. Plants that produce orange peas, a color never before observed in this strain.



c. Plants that produce peas that are green and wrinkled, a rare trait for this strain.



d.Several plants that have a combination of the traits of the two parents.