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In one plant species petal color follows INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE. If there

are alleles for both red and white plants, what would a heterozygous plant's
phenotype be?
Red
Pink
White
Red and White

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Answer:

Pink

Step-by-step explanation:

Incomplete dominance is when one allele is not entirely dominant over the other. The resulting phenotype of the heterozygote is intermediate between the two alleles. That means the flowers would be pink.

Red - no, this would be true if red was dominant to white

Pink - yes, this is an intermediate phenotype

White - no, this would be true if white was dominant over red.

Red and White - no, this would be true if the alleles were co-dominant and both equally but independently expressed.

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