The dominant seed color is yellow; therefore, the parental genotypes were YY (homozygous dominant) for the plants with yellow seeds and yy (homozygous recessive) for the plants with green seeds, respectively.
1. of or pertaining to any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies. 2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding. 3. secret; disclosed or communicated only to the initiated. 4. hidden from view. 5. Med. not readily detectable, esp. at the place of origin: occult bleeding.
Esoteric, the quality of having an inner or secret meaning. This term and its correlative exoteric were first applied in the ancient Greek mysteries to those who were initiated (eso, âwithinâ) and to those who were not (exo, âoutsideâ), respectively.