A true-breeding red-flowered plant is fertilized by a true-breeding white-flowered plant and produces all pink-flowered offspring. This is a case of
A) incomplete dominance.
B) blending inheritance.
C) multiple alleles for flower color.
D) codominance.
E) epistasis.

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This is a case of incomplete dominance, where the heterozygous offspring have a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous parents, resulting in pink flowers from red and white parents.

A True-Breeding Red-Flowered Plant Is Fertilized by a True-Breeding White-Flowered