In pea plants, the allele for tall plants is dominant to the allele for short plants. If a homozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous short plant, what percent of their second generation of offspring would you expect to be short? A) 25 percent. B) 0 percent. C) 50 percent. D) 100 percent

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Quintin Powell

15 March, 19:07

In pea plants, the allele for tall plants is dominant to the allele for short plants. If a homozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous short plant, what percent of their second generation of offspring would you expect to be short? A) 25 percent. B) 0 percent. C) 50 percent. D) 100 percent

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Anna Golden · Answer 1

If a homozygous dominant parent is crossed with a homozygous recessive parent, 25 percent of the second generation would be short plants. Their first generation would exhibit 100 percent tall phenotype with genotype Tt.