The flower color in this plant is inherited by incomplete dominance. If a red flower that is homozygous dominant is crossed with a white flower that is homozygous recessive, the color of the offspring flowers will be expected to be
A) all red.
B) all pink.
C) all white.
D) 50% white and 50% pink.
E) 50% white and 50% red.

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In incomplete dominance, the heterozygous offspring will have a phenotype that is a blend of the two parent phenotypes. Crossing a homozygous red flower (RR) with a homozygous white flower (rr) results in all offspring being heterozygous (Rr), which will display the intermediate phenotype, pink.

The Flower Color in This Plant Is Inherited by Incomplete