When wild-type offspring are produced from a cross between parents that both display the same recessive phenotype illustrates the genetic phenomenon of .
A) Simple recessive alleles
B) Incomplete penetrance
C) Complementation
D) Gene dosage
E) A spontaneous mutation

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Complementation occurs when two parents with the same recessive phenotype produce offspring with a wild-type phenotype, indicating that the recessive phenotype in each parent is due to mutations in different genes.

When Wild-Type Offspring Are Produced from a Cross Between Parents