Question

in a population of 1,000 flowering plants, 760 are red, 240 are orange. based on this information, which is correct? the high number of red flowers suggests it is the dominant trait. all plants will eventually have the orange flowers. the number of red and orange flowers will always remain equal if the population is large enough. flower color is not inherited and cannot be predicted.

Explanation:

• Option 1: In genetics, a dominant trait often appears more frequently in a population. Here, red flowers (760) are more numerous than orange (240), so this is plausible.
• Option 2: There's no reason all plants would switch to orange; dominant traits (if red is dominant) would persist, so this is incorrect.
• Option 3: There's no principle that trait frequencies become equal in large populations; dominance and other factors affect frequencies, so this is wrong.
• Option 4: Flower color is inherited (e.g., via Mendelian genetics), so this is incorrect.

Answer:

The high number of red flowers suggests it is the dominant trait.