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Red flowers are dominant over white flowers. A botanist decided to test cross a heterozygous red flower to a homozygous white flower. What is the probability of having a white-colored flower?*1 point25%50%75%100%

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Red flowers are dominant over white flowers. A botanist decided to test cross a heterozygous red flower to a homozygous white flower. What is the probability of having a white-colored flower?*1 point25%50%75%100%

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To solve this problem, we need to understand the basics of genetics.

Red flowers are dominant, which we'll denote as "R", and white flowers are recessive, which we'll denote as "r".

A heterozygous red flower means it has one dominant gene and one recessive gene, so its genotype is "Rr".

A homozygous white flower means it has two recessive genes, so its genotype is "rr".

When we cross these two flowers, we get the following possible combinations of genes in the offspring: Rr (from the first R in the red flower's genotype and the r in the white flower's genotype) and rr (from the second r in the red flower's genotype and the r in the white flower's genotype).

So, the possible genotypes of the offspring are Rr and rr.

The question asks for the probability of having a white-colored flower, which would have the genotype rr.

Out of the two possible genotypes, one is rr.

So, the probability of having a white-colored flower is 1 out of 2, or 50%.

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