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A type of plant that produces red flowers is crossed with a plant that produces white flowers. The alleles for flower color exhibit incomplete dominance, and all of their offspring have pink flowers. If two of the pink-flowered offspring were crossed, which of the following ratios of red, pink, and white flowers would you find in their offspring?

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0% red : 100% pink : 0% white

25% red : 50% pink : 25% white

33% red : 33% pink : 33% white

50% red : 0% pink : 50% white

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The answer is 25% red : 50% pink : 25% white

A - allele for red flowers
a - allele for white flowers

AA - flowers with red flowers
Aa - flowers with pink flowers
aa - flowers with white flowers

The cross looks like:
Parents: Aa x Aa
Offspring: AA Aa Aa aa

Red flowers (AA): 1/4 = 0.25 = 25%
Pink flowers (Aa): 2/4 = 0.50 = 50%
White flowers (a): 1/4 = 0.25 = 25%

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