Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

When red-flowered plants were self-pollinated, some of the 40 progeny plants had white flowers. What does this show about the parent plants?

Correct answer B. Heterozygous

Explanation

White flowers appearing after selfing a red plant mean the parent carried a hidden recessive allele for white, so it must have been heterozygous for flower colour.

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