Question

in a group of scarlet rosemallow plants, some individuals have red flowers and others have white flowers. in this group, the gene for the flower color trait has two alleles. the allele for white flowers (f) is recessive to the allele for red flowers (f). this punnett square shows a cross between two scarlet rosemallow plants. how many boxes represent offspring with white flowers?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify recessive genotype

White flowers (recessive) require ff genotype.

Step2: Count matching boxes

Check the Punnett square: all 4 boxes have the genotype Ff, which does not match ff.

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