On the planet Fugus, there is a species of flowers, Dontdrinkmycola, that has two special loci: Bach01 and Bach02. At Bach01, there are two alleles in the population: A (dominant) and a (recessive). Similarly, at locus Bach02, there are two alleles in the population: B (dominant) and b (recessive).
Individuals with the A_ genotype at Bach01 have mauve colored petals, and individuals with the aa genotype have teal colored petals. Likewise, individuals with the B_ genotype at Bach02 have mauve colored petals, and individuals with the bb genotype have teal colored petals.
In a cross between two doubly heterozygous Dontdrinkmycola flowers, the following number of offspring are produced: 280 offspring with mauve colored petals, and 220 teal-colored petals. The most likely form of epistasis here is:
a. Duplicate dominant epistasis.
b. Dominant recessive epistasis.
c. Duplicate recessive epistasis.
d. Recessive epistasis.
e. Dominant epistasis.