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Which of the following is consistent with the hypothesis of blending inheritance?

ACrossing a purple-flowered pea plant with a white-flowered pea plant

produces only purple-flowered offspring

BGreat variability in traits is found within any biological population.
CCrossing two pea plants with yellow seeds produces some offspring with

green seeds

DA phenotype from the "P" generation of a heredity experiment disappears in

the "F1" generation then reappears in the "F2" generation

ECrossing a red flower with a white flower yields a pink flower

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E. Crossing a red flower with a white flower yields a pink flower

The hypothesis of blending inheritance states that the traits received by an organism resulting from sexual reproduction are intermediate between the traits of its parents. In this case, one parent was red and the other was white, and the offspring got the intermediate trait, which was pink.