A certain plant has a color that can range from green to yellow. Some plants are very green, and some are very yellow, but most are in between. What is most likely true about this trait? A. The color is a Mendelian trait. B. There are only two alleles for color. C. Being yellow is a recessive trait. D. There are several genes that control the color.

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Trevin Taylor

13 September, 08:01

A certain plant has a color that can range from green to yellow. Some plants are very green, and some are very yellow, but most are in between. What is most likely true about this trait? A. The color is a Mendelian trait. B. There are only two alleles for color. C. Being yellow is a recessive trait. D. There are several genes that control the color.

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Deegan Ortega · Answer 1

Because there are not strictly green and yellow plants, this means that the color can be affected by multiple genes. If it was only affected by one gene then you would see only the two groups for the color, green and yellow. The answer is D.