Asked by ney

A species of plant produces purple or white flowers. The results of crossing a purple and a white flower and two white flowers are shown in the diagram.

Which of the following terms best describes the purple flowers?

Responses

codominant
codominant

hybrid
hybrid

dominant
dominant

recessive
recessive

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Recessive.

Reason: Two white parents produced purple offspring, so the white parents must have carried a hidden purple allele (i.e., were heterozygous). The purple phenotype only appears when the recessive allele is homozygous, so purple is recessive.