A scientist crosses a homozygous red flower with a homozygous white flower. All of the resulting offspring are heterozygous with red flowers. Assuming that flower color is controlled by a single gene, which of the following statements is most likely true? A) The allele for red flowers is on a different chromosome than the allele for white flowers.

B) The allele for red flowers is recessive to the allele for white flowers.

C) The allele for red flowers has mutated more times than the allele for white flowers.

D) The allele for red flowers is dominant to the allele for white flowers.