When Mendel crossed two purple plants from the F1 generation, he found that out of every four flowers, three were purple and one was white. Based on what you know about dominant and recessive traits, which of these traits, purple or white, is most likely to be the dominant trait? Explain your reasoning.

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Lilly Villarreal

Mathematics

1 August, 09:43

When Mendel crossed two purple plants from the F1 generation, he found that out of every four flowers, three were purple and one was white. Based on what you know about dominant and recessive traits, which of these traits, purple or white, is most likely to be the dominant trait? Explain your reasoning.

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Purple is the dominate trait and White is recessive

Step-by-step explanation:

Purple is dominant because it appears more over white meaning it takes over the white trait making it dominant