AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

GENE INTERACTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A red flower is crossed with a white flower the result are pink flowers. This is an example of:
A
multiple alleles
B
dominant/recessive
C
codominance
D
incomplete dominance
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The crossing of a red flowered plant and a white flowered plant produces all the offspring with pink flowers. This cross illustrates red and white exhibit incomplete dominance. This situation occurs due to the blending of both the alleles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: Here the appearance of pink-colored flowers in cross-pollination between red and white flower pea plants is an example of incomplete dominance.

Detailed explanation-3: -The resulting offspring have pink flowers. What term describes the dominance of this trait? Explanation: A phenotypic “blending” of two traits is referred to as incomplete dominance, indicating that neither trait is truly dominant over the other.

Detailed explanation-4: -A pink flower is a heterozygote and carries one of each allele (red and white). The genotype of this flower can be denoted as RW. A red flower is homozygous for the red allele and will have the genotype RR.

Detailed explanation-5: -When a red flowered plant is crossed with a white flowered plant, ideally the offsprings should bear either red and white flower. However, in the case where the trait flower color exhibits incomplete dominance, all the offsprings will give forth pink colored flowers due to the blending of traits.

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