If a plant is inherited by complete dominance where homozygous dominant is a red flower color and homozygous recessive is a white flower color, what must the parents' genotypes be if the offspring was 25% white and 75% red?

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Clare Stuart

9 May, 18:26

If a plant is inherited by complete dominance where homozygous dominant is a red flower color and homozygous recessive is a white flower color, what must the parents' genotypes be if the offspring was 25% white and 75% red?

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Brock Doyle · Answer 1

Genotype of parents is Rr

Explanation:

Let the allele for red flower be represented by "R" and the allele for white flower be represented by "r"

Allele for red color is dominant over allele for white color.

Co-dominant causes the expression of characteristics associated with dominant allele only.

Genotype of parents is Rr

Rr * Rr

RR, Rr, Rr, rr

"rr" is white colored flower

"RR and Rr" is red colored flower