Question

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?

Answer 1

In a punnet square: White - ww Red- Ww The correct genetic term is incomplete dominance since both white and red mixed to make pink. Codominance is when both red and white are seen on the rose.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

If you were to make a punnet square it would be ww crossed with rr. making all the offspring wr ( pink ). Therefore it still has a little bit of white and red so it would be called codominance. Both colors are dominant making it change colors.