Use the table to answer the question.

Plant A Plant B Plant C
tt TT Tt
The table shows the genotypes of three pea plants for the allele for height. Which prediction about the three plants is the most reasonable?

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Responses

Plant C will be the shortest.
Plant C will be the shortest.

Plant B and Plant C will have similar heights.
Plant B and Plant C will have similar heights.

Plant A will be the tallest.
Plant A will be the tallest.

Plant A and Plant C will have similar heights.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
26 days ago

To determine the most reasonable prediction about the heights of the three pea plants based on their genotypes, we should first understand the genetics involved.

- The alleles for height are represented by:
- "T" (dominant allele for tall)
- "t" (recessive allele for short)

Based on the provided genotypes:
- Plant A: tt (homozygous recessive) - will be short
- Plant B: TT (homozygous dominant) - will be tall
- Plant C: Tt (heterozygous) - will be tall since the dominant T allele is present

Now we can analyze the predictions:
1. **Plant C will be the shortest.** - This is incorrect because Plant C has at least one dominant T allele.
2. **Plant B and Plant C will have similar heights.** - This is reasonable because both are tall (Plant B is TT and Plant C is Tt).
3. **Plant A will be the tallest.** - This is incorrect because Plant A is tt and will be the shortest.
4. **Plant A and Plant C will have similar heights.** - This is incorrect because Plant A (tt) will be short, while Plant C (Tt) will be tall.

The most reasonable prediction is:
**Plant B and Plant C will have similar heights.**