When the F1 phenotype is intermediate between the two parents, the pattern is called
Acomplete dominance
Bco-dominance
Cepistasis
Dincomplete dominance
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. incomplete dominance
1. In some crosses the F1 resembles neither parent exactly.
2. The F1 phenotype falls between the two parental phenotypes.
3. This pattern is called incomplete dominance.
4. Snapdragon, or Antirrhinum, is the standard example.
_Source: syllabus Biology Ch4 'Principles of Inheritance and Variation'_
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