Mendel grew pea plants to show that a single gene determines flower color. Plants with one or more dominant alleles (A_) produce purple flowers, and plants with two recessive alleles (aa) produce white flowers. In this example, flower color is the ____________________.   gene locus   exon   trait   dominant phenotype

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Mendel grew pea plants to show that a single gene determines flower color. Plants with one or more dominant alleles (A_) produce purple flowers, and plants with two recessive alleles (aa) produce white flowers. In this example, flower color is the ____________________.

 

gene locus

 

exon

 

trait

 

dominant phenotype

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