Question

A specific type of flower comes in red, white and pink colors. What pattern of inheritance is being followed? If you were to cross a pink flower with a white flower, what percent of your offspring would be red?

Answer 1

Answer:

Incomplete dominance, 0%

Explanation:

In incomplete dominance, the phenotypes of the dominant and recessive genes are blended. In this case, red and white are blended to create pink.

A Punnett square can be used to determine the phenotypes of the offspring of a white flower and a pink flower. In this case, we'll let "R" represent a gene for a red flower and "r" represent a gene for a white flower.

      r       r

R   Rr     Rr

r    rr      rr

The "Rr" genotype would result in a pink flower, and the "rr" genotype would result in a white flower. It is impossible for this cross to result in a red flower.