If Individuals Exhibiting a Dominant Phenotype Are Crossed and Produce

question 50

Multiple Choice

If individuals exhibiting a dominant phenotype are crossed and produce only offspring with the dominant phenotype, what would be the logical genotype of the parents?

• A) both are homozygous recessive
• B) one is heterozygous and one is homozygous dominant
• C) both are homozygous dominant
• D) both are heterozygous
• E) two of the options may be correct

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