why are pink carnations pink?
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Why are pink carnations pink? How do they come to be?
Incomplete dominance:
In carnations red color is dominant and white is recessive. Dominance is incomplete, with heterozygous individuals being pink. Cross a pure red plant with a pure white plant. What is the appearance of the F1 generation? Allow the F1 generation to interbreed freely. What will be the appearance of the F2 generation?
1.In four-o'clock plants, red flower color is dominant to white flower color. However, heterozygous plants have a pink color. If pink-flowered plants are self-crossed, what will be the phenotypic ratios of their offspring?
A. ½ pink, ½ white
B. All pink
C. ½ red, ½ pink
D. ¼ red, ½ pink, ¼ white
E. 1/3 red, 1/3 pink, 1/3 white