Question

You have identified a plant in your garden with a new flower color. You want to determine if this phenotype is dominant or recessive. Which cross would tell you this? You have identified a plant in your garden with a new flower color. You want to determine if this phenotype is dominant or recessive. Which cross would tell you this? crossing the new plant to one you know has the dominant trait crossing the plant to one you know has the recessive trait selfing the plant sequencing the DNA for the trait crossing the plant to a plant of the same type of any color

Answer 1

crossing the plant to one you know has the recessive trait

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct procedure would be to cross the identified plant with the same plant that has the recessive trait.

The phenotypes of the progeny from the cross will give an indication of the dominance or recessive of the phenotype. If all the progeny from the cross produce the same flower color as that of the identified plant, it means the phenotype is dominant. Otherwise, it is recessive.

The procedure is called test-crossing in genetics.