Two alleles of gene C control hair color in horses: C¹ and C². Horses homozygous for allele C¹ are red, heterozygotes are yellow, and C² homozygotes are cream. What type of allele interaction is described?

A) pleiotropy
B) complete dominance
C) incomplete dominance
D) recessive lethality
E) codominance


C) incomplete dominance

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