* Parent 1: Heterozygous for flower color (Pp) - This means they have one dominant allele (P) for purple flowers and one recessive allele (p) for white flowers.
* Parent 2: Heterozygous for flower color (Pp) - Same as parent 1.
Why this matters: Since both parents carry both the dominant and recessive alleles, their offspring have a variety of possibilities for flower color:
* PP: Purple flowers (dominant allele from both parents)
* Pp: Purple flowers (one dominant allele)
* pP: Purple flowers (one dominant allele)
* pp: White flowers (recessive alleles from both parents)
So, in this example, the children of two heterozygous parents could have either purple or white flowers. This illustrates how heterozygous parents can produce offspring with different traits, even if they both express the same dominant trait.
