You are studying a new species of plant similar to Mendel's pea plants. You are specifically interested in two genes that are located on two different chromosomes. In this plant, the gene for height has two alleles, T (tall) and t (short). The gene for leaf color has two alleles P (purple) and p (pink). What meiotic products do you expect from diploid cells that are homozygous for the tall allele and heterozygous for the purple allele

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Reeve

15 August, 08:19

You are studying a new species of plant similar to Mendel's pea plants. You are specifically interested in two genes that are located on two different chromosomes. In this plant, the gene for height has two alleles, T (tall) and t (short). The gene for leaf color has two alleles P (purple) and p (pink). What meiotic products do you expect from diploid cells that are homozygous for the tall allele and heterozygous for the purple allele

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Craig Thompson · Answer 1

TP, Tp, TP and Tp

Explanation:

Homozygous Tall plant species will have genotype TT

Heterozygous purple plant species will have genotype Pp

A plant that is homozygous tall and heterozygous purple will have the genotype TTPp.

During meiosis, there is random union of alleles such that the gametes that will be formed will have the genotype: TP, Tp, TP and Tp