Question

A cross involving purebred, red snapdragons and purebred, white snapdragons produce all pink offspring because both genes are present, neither being #1________ over the other, resulting in the #2______ of the trait.

#1
a.) recessive b.) dominant c.) blended
#2
a.) ignoring b.) blending c.) absence

Answer 1

A cross involving purebred, red snapdragons and purebred, white snapdragons produce all pink offspring because both genes are present, neither being dominant over the other, resulting in the blending of the trait.

1) I chose dominant because it means 'more powerful'. And since they blended to make pink, it means that non had too much power.

2) I chose blending because red and white has a result of pink if blended.

Answer 2

The blanks can be correctly filled up with

• 1. dominant
• 2. blending

The given condition represents the phenomenon of codominant alleles.

Codominant refers to the allelic interaction none of the alleles is dominant over each other completely.

It leads to the blending of the traits as both the alleles codes for their traits.

For example,
`I^(A)` and
`I^(B)` results in the blending of traits which results in the production of blood group AB.

Similarly, in snapdragon red and white traits are blended to produce pink colored flowers.