If a purple flower is dominant and a red flower color is recessive how many phenotypes are possible in offsprings of homogeneous purple (PP) crossed with homozygous red (pp)

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Baby Bird

2 July, 02:29

If a purple flower is dominant and a red flower color is recessive how many phenotypes are possible in offsprings of homogeneous purple (PP) crossed with homozygous red (pp)

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Mirabel · Answer 1

All phenotypes would be purple flowers.

Katelynn Gilbert · Answer 2

Since the dominant trait will always be expressed and the dominant allele is always present in this case (Pp, Pp, Pp and Pp), there is a 100% chance that all of the offspring will be purple, and therefore only one phenotype is possible.