In hibiscus plants, red flowers are dominant to white flowers. You have a hibiscus plant that produces red flowers, how can you determine what genotype it is?
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This involves crossing the red flower hibiscus plant with a white flower hibiscus plant that has the genotype rr (homozygous recessive). Show more…
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