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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