A cross between pure-breeding red carnations and pure-breeding white carnations yields all pink carnations.This is an example of which of the following?

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Incomplete dominance is the inheritance pattern in which the heterozygous offspring display an intermediate phenotype that is a blend of the two parental phenotypes. In this case, the heterozygous offspring (RW) display a pink phenotype, which is an intermediate blend of the red and white parental phenotypes. Therefore, this is an example of incomplete dominance.

A Cross Between Pure-Breeding Red Carnations and Pure-Breeding White Carnations