A monohybrid cross is made for flower color, where purple is dominant to white. Fifteen hundred F2 offspring are analyzed. How many white flowers are expected?

What will be an ideal response?


One-quarter of the offspring should be homozygous recessive, thus: (0.25 ) × 1,500 = 375 white flowers.

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