What color flower is produced from the incomplete dominance of a white flower crossed with a red flower?

• A. White
• B. Red
• C. Pink
• D. Purple

Answer: (C)

In the case of incomplete dominance, the phenotypes of two parental organisms blend together to create a third phenotype. When a white flower is crossed with a red flower, neither the white nor the red phenotype completely dominates over the other. Instead, the offspring display a mix of the two colors.

So, when a white flower's genetic material interacts with that of a red flower, the resulting flower color is a blend of those two colors, leading to the production of pink flowers. This phenomenon illustrates the principle of incomplete dominance, where both parental traits contribute to the appearance of the offspring in a way that produces an intermediate phenotype—pink in this case—distinct from either parent.