Given an inheritance pattern of incomplete dominance and 81 flowers that are red R¹R¹ ,18 flowers that are pink R¹R² ,and 1 flower that is white R²R² ,what is the frequency of the R¹allele? A)0.9 B)0.1 C)0.8 D)0.2

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The R¹ allele is present in 81 red flowers (R¹R¹) and 18 pink flowers (R¹R²), which totals to 99 flowers. The total number of alleles for this gene in the population is 198 (since each flower has two alleles). The frequency of the R¹ allele can be calculated by dividing the number of times the allele appears by the total number of alleles: (81*2 + 18)/198 = 0.9.

Given an Inheritance Pattern of Incomplete Dominance and 81 Flowers