In a Certain Species of Plant, Flowers Occur in Three

question 14

Multiple Choice

In a certain species of plant, flowers occur in three colors: blue, pink, and white.A pure-breeding pink plant is mated with a pure-breeding white plant.All of the F₁ are blue.When the blue F₁ plants are selfed, the F₂ occur in the ratio 9 blue:3 pink:4 white.What is the name for this type of interaction?

• A)Recessive epistasis
• B)Dominant epistasis
• C)Duplicate recessive epistasis
• D)Duplicate dominant epistasis
• E)Dominant and recessive epistasis

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