Question

A farmer crosses a purple-flowered pea plant with a white-flowered pea plant and plants the seeds. The farmer observes that all offspring have purple flowers. What BEST explains the lack of white flowers in the offspring?

Answer 1

Note about the question:

Probably there are options for this question, but I failed in finding them. However, in the explanation box I will explain the reason for the lack of white flowers in the F1.

Answer:

The purple phenotype is dominant over the white phenotype. The allele that expresses the purple color is dominant and, in a heterozygous state, hides the expression of the recessive allele that expresses the white color. Principle of dominance.

Explanation:

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