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Question of the Day: Genetics
Suppose a venus flytrap plant has sharp teeth and red leaves. Sharp teeth (T) is dominant to blunt teeth (t). Red leaves (R) is dominant to purple leaves (r).
Is it possible that two venus flytrap plants both with sharp teeth and red leaves have an offspring with blunt teeth and purple leaves?
Yes, because it is possible that both the parent venus flytrap plants carry the recessive alleles for blunt teeth and purple leaves.
No, since both parents express dominant traits, it is not possible for the offspring to express recessive traits even if the offspring have only recessive alleles.
No, because both parents express dominant traits, it means that they can only be carrying dominant alleles, and that only these dominant alleles can be passed to the offspring.
Yes, because although both parents express dominant traits, the phenotype of the offspring is determined completely by chance alone and not by the parents' genetics.
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