What is the phenotypic ratio for a cross between a plant with blue flowers BB...
What is the phenotypic ratio for a cross between a plant with blue flowers BB and a plant with white flowers bb?
- A. 75% blue, 25% white
- B. All white
- C. 25% blue, 75% white
- D. All blue
Correct Answer: D. All blue
Explanation
The phenotypic ratio is the ratio of one phenotype to another (phenotype is the trait expressed, in this case color, while genotype is the allele combination (BB, bb, Bb, or bB) that produces that phenotype. The capital letters BB signify that the blue allele (B) is dominant to the white allele (b). As such, the only genotype that will produce white plants is bb. All other combinations (BB, Bb, bB) will produce a blue plant. If you cross a homozygous (both dominant or both recessive) dominant plant with a homozygous recessive plant, the dominant allele will be present in all of the offspring, as every possible allele the blue plant could contribute will be dominant to every possible allele the white plant could contribute, making all of the offspring blue.

