Suppose you mate a black rooster with a white hen. The feathers of all the offspring are "gray," a color that is intermediate between black and white. Explain the inheritance pattern in these chickens.

The correct answer is - incomplete dominance

Explanation:

An incomplete inheritance or incomplete dominance is an inheritance pattern when the dominant allele of the particular trait is not able to completely mask the effect of the recessive allele and express the mixed or intermediate effect of both the alleles.

Since the gray color is the expression of the mix or intermediate character of both dominant and recessive alleles between black and white, incomplete dominance is the simplest way to explain the inheritance of this character.