Question

n camellia plants, flower color is controlled by a single gene with codominant alleles. A camellia plants with red flowers (RR) is crossed with a camellia plant with white flowers (WW). What are the expected phenotypes of the offspring of this cross?

Answer 1

Answer:

The phenotypes of the offsprings wil be pink.

Explanation:

• It is stated that the alleles of the gene are co-dominant.
• Co-dominant alleles express alongside each other.
• They do not mask the effect of each other.
• Thus, when Camellia plants with red flowers (RR) are crossed with Camellia plants with white flowers (WW).
• We get flowers with pink phenotypes, as pink is the colour that comes midway of red to white.
• The genotypes of the plant will be RW.