When wild-type offspring are produced from a cross between parents that both display the same recessive phenotype, this 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 that exhibit the same or similar recessive phenotypes produce offspring with a wild-type phenotype because they carry mutations in different genes that complement each other.

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