homozygous tall (TT) pea plants look the same as heterozygous tall (Tt) pea plants. formulate a pollination experiment to identify whether a tall pea plant is homozygous or heterozygous. Explain in 3-5 sentences..

To identify whether a tall pea plant (Tt or TT) is homozygous tall or heterozygous tall, you can perform a test cross. This involves crossing the tall pea plant with a homozygous recessive plant, which in this case would be a short pea plant (tt). If the tall plant is homozygous (TT), all offspring will be tall (Tt). However, if the tall plant is heterozygous (Tt), the offspring will have a 1:1 ratio of tall (Tt) to short (tt) plants. Observing the phenotypes of the offspring will help determine the genotype of the tall parent.