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  • Consider a pea plant that is recessive for plant height. Its genotype is tt and phenotype is dwarf.  a. Assuming that the gene for plant height obeys the Mendel laws of inheritance, indi

Consider a pea plant that is recessive for plant height. Its genotype is tt, and its phenotype is dwarf. 
a. Assuming that the gene for plant height obeys the Mendel laws of inheritance, indicate the genotypes and phenotypes of ALL the possible parent pairs that could have dwarf offspring. 
b. Using any of the parent pairs you mentioned in (a) perform a cross to show the genotypes of the offspring that might arise in the next generation.

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a. Possible parent genotype for dwarf offspring- 

  1. Tt x Tt
  2. Tt x tt
  3. tt x tt

b. Performing a cross between Tt x Tt using Punnett's square- 

Alleles T t
T TT Tt
t Tt tt

Offspring Genotypes:

  1. TT - 1 out of 4 (25%) - Tall
  2. Tt - 2 out of 4 (50%) - Tall (heterozygous)
  3. tt - 1 out of 4 (25%) - Dwarf offspring

Phenotypes: 75% Tall, 25% Dwarf

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