Some swallowtail butterflies have red forewings, whereas others have white forewings. You cross two white-winged butterflies and observe progeny that display a phenotypic ratio of 2 white: 1 red. What can you conclude from this result?  the white allele is completely dominant to the red allele and the white allele is recessive lethal  the white allele is partially dominant to the red allele  the red allele is completely dominant to the white allele  the red and white alleles are co-dominant  none of the conclusions listed here can be made from the results given  the red allele is completely dominant to the white allele and th

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Some swallowtail butterflies have red forewings, whereas others have white forewings. You cross two white-winged butterflies and observe progeny that display a phenotypic ratio of 2 white: 1 red. What can you conclude from this result? 

the white allele is completely dominant to the red allele and the white allele is recessive lethal 

the white allele is partially dominant to the red allele 

the red allele is completely dominant to the white allele 

the red and white alleles are co-dominant 

none of the conclusions listed here can be made from the results given 

the red allele is completely dominant to the white allele and the red allele is recessive lethal 

 

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