You discover a new sunflower that has blue flowers instead of yellow. When you cross this blue variety with a common yellow variety you get blue and yellow speckled flowers. What type of inheritance pattern does this gene exhibit?

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Martin

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27 February, 01:34

You discover a new sunflower that has blue flowers instead of yellow. When you cross this blue variety with a common yellow variety you get blue and yellow speckled flowers. What type of inheritance pattern does this gene exhibit?

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Reyna Pearson · Answer 1

Codominance

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Codominance is a pattern of inheritance when none of the alleles of a gene is dominant over the other allele of the same gene. When present together in a heterozygous genotype, both the alleles are able to express themselves. In the given example, a cross between blue and yellow flowered plants obtained the progeny with blue and yellow speckled flowers. Here, the alleles of blue and yellow flower color are codominant and express themselves in the hybrid progeny.