If a plant with a white flower is crossed with a plant with a red flower and we find the offspring are all either white or red never pink this is evidence for
A) The particulate nature of inheritance
B) The blending nature of inheritance
C) Incomplete dominance
D) Heterozygous advantage

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The fact that the offspring are either white or red rather than a blend of the two colors suggests that the traits for flower color are controlled by discrete units of inheritance (i.e. genes) that do not blend together, but instead are passed down unchanged from one generation to the next. This is known as the particulate nature of inheritance.

If a Plant with a White Flower Is Crossed with a Plant