Lily Color Genetics Genotype
Phenotype
YYPP
orange
pink
ҮyPP
Orange lilies get their color from two genes, a
gene for yellow pigment and a gene for pink
pigment. Each gene has a dominant allele and a
recessive allele: Y and y for the yellow gene, P
and p for the pink gene.
pink
yyPP
• When both pigments are expressed, the
flowers appear orange.
• When only one pigment is expressed, the
flowers are either yellow or pink.
• When neither pigment is expressed, the
flowers appear white.
ҮҮРp
YyPp
yypp
YYpp
Yypp
yypp
Fill in the correct phenotype (color) for each
genotype in the table.
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