Question

There are two different alleles for flower color, P and p. The image shows a purple sweet pea that is labeled with its two alleles for petal color.

Answer 1

There are two different alleles for flower color, P and p. The image shows a purple sweet pea that is labeled with its two alleles for petal color.

This implies that for purple color to be expressed, the genetypes must have been recessive.

The gene that is responsible for the red flower color is dominant over that responsible for purple flower color.

Genotypes for purple flower color is pp

Genotypes for red flower color is PP