A botanist sees that when he breeds a plant with blue flowers and a plant with red flowers, the resulting generation are plants with a 1:1 ratio of blue: red flowers. He knows that the two parents are homozygous for the trait of color. What phenomenon most likely explains the 1:1 ratio in the filial generation?

Correct answer: D. Codominance

  • A. Incomplete dominance
  • B. Independent assortment
  • C. Penetrance
  • D. Codominance

Explanation

The phenomenon which describes the 1:1 ratio in the final generation is Codominance, which relates to genetics, refers to a type of inheritance in which two versions (alleles) of the same gene are expressed separately to yield different traits in an individual.

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