A hypothetical flowering plant produces blue, light blue, and white flowers. To determine the inheritance pattern, the following crosses were conducted with the results indicated:

blue x blue * all blue
white x white all white
blue x white * all light blue
What type of inheritance pattern does this represent?

a. simple Mendelian
b. X-Iinked
c. codominance
d. incomplete dominance
e. pleiotropy

d. incomplete dominance

Explanation:

When none of the alleles of a particular locus completely masks the expression of the other allele of the same gene, it is called incomplete dominance. If the allele B gives "blue" phenotype and allele b gives white phenotype, a cross between blue (BB) and white (bb) parents would produce all the progeny with genotype Bb. Since the allele B does not completely prevent the expression of allele b in the heterozygous condition, the phenotype of the F1 hybrids would be "light blue". Therefore, it is an example of incomplete dominance.

blue (BB) x blue (BB) = all blue (BB)

white (bb) x white (bb)= all white (bb)

blue (BB) x white (bb)= all light blue (Bb)

explanation:

for  example, forests have higher evapotranspiration than other ecosystems,  such  as grasslands, because of their deeper roots and greater leaf area. thus forests have a net moistening effect on the atmosphere and become a moisture source for downwind ecosystems.

the offspring would all be white. if the parents are both white flowers then they have the genotype rr, which when crossed results in an all white punnet square.