A piece of metal is placed in a clear solution. Bubbles form and the metal disappears. The mass of the final solution is less than the mass of the first solution and the metal. Is this an exception to the law of conservation of mass? Answer in at least 3 sentences including a claim, evidence, and reasoning.

In sweet pea, gene c is responsible for color production and gene p is responsible for the purple color pigment. both of them are located on two different loci on different chromosomes. the flowers will be purple only when the plant has the genotypes as c_p_. no color will be produced with genotypes: ccpp, ccpp, ccpp, ccpp. thus, gene c controls the expression of gene p. what pattern of inheritance is exhibited here? a. pleiotropy b. epistasis c. multiple alleles