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This rose plant has white flowers. What color flowers will the offspring of this plant likely have?

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It depends on the genetics of the white-flowered rose plant.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the plant is a true-breeding white-flowered rose plant (meaning it has homozygous alleles for white flowers), then its offspring will also have white flowers, as they will inherit two copies of the white-flower allele.

However, if the white-flowered rose plant is heterozygous for flower color (meaning it has one white-flower allele and one allele for a different flower color), then its offspring could have white flowers or a different color depending on the specific alleles inherited.

If the white-flowered rose plant is heterozygous, there is a 50% chance that each offspring will inherit the white-flower allele and a 50% chance they will inherit the other allele. Therefore, some of the offspring could have white flowers and others could have a different color of flowers.
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