Which would have most likely stopped Mendel from finding a pattern in his results?
A. If having a wrinkled seed had been a recessive trait
B. If garden peas had used sperm and egg to reproduce
C. Being short is a recessive trait
D. If seed color and shape were located on the same chromosome

D. If seed color and shape were located on the same chromosome

Explanation:

If seed color and shape were located on the same chromosome, they would not be inherited independently of one another.

Genes on the same chromosome are more likely to be inherited together. The only way they could be inherited independently is if crossing over occurred between the two genes.

Therefore, this would argue against Mendel's law of independent assortment.

you know they are heterozygous for a trait because they have it as jj or jj.