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A white rose plant is crossed with a red rose plant. The offspring are pink. How can this happen? What is the correct genetic term for this occurrence?

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A white rose plant is crossed with a red rose plant. The offspring are pink. How can this happen? What is the correct genetic term for this occurrence?

With the above analogy, after the crossing has produced a pink offspring it is called mutation. This is a sudden change of gene

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