Organisms can have both dominant and recessive genes. an organism must have one copy of a dominant gene for that certain dominant trait to appear. however, recessive genes require two two copies of the gene for it to appear.

in a flower population, purple flowers are a dominant trait and white flowers are a recessive trait.
which statement is most likely correct about the offspring from this flower population?
a) offspring that receive a dominant gene from each parent will have white flowers.
b) offspring that receive a recessive gene from each parent will have purple flowers.
c) offspring that receive a recessive gene from one parent and a dominant gene from another parent will have white flowers.
d) offspring that receive a recessive gene from one parent and a dominant gene from another parent will have purple flowers.