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Inheritance Patterns

Question 9 • CV Q4 M/J Science 3 Adv 2002110 Compacted Review of Grade.7.Life for SSA Prep

What is the result when a plant with red flowers (RR) is crossed with a plant with yellow flowers (YY), assuming the alleles are codominant?

Answer
A
flowers with all red petals
B
flowers with all yellow petals
C
flowers with all orange petals
D
flowers with a mixture of red and yellow petals

Explanation

The red-flowered plant can pass on only an R allele, and the yellow-flowered plant can pass on only a Y allele, so their offspring will all have the genotype RY. With codominance, both alleles are expressed distinctly rather than blending together. The offspring will therefore have a mixture of red and yellow petals, choice D.

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