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?

(1 point)
Responses

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

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

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

Plant A will be the tallest.

2 answers

In pea plants, the allele for height follows a basic dominance pattern where the dominant allele (T) results in tall plants, and the recessive allele (t) results in short plants.

From the table:

  • Plant A: tt (homozygous recessive, short)
  • Plant B: TT (homozygous dominant, tall)
  • Plant C: Tt (heterozygous, tall)

Based on this information:

  • Plant A (tt) will be short.
  • Plant B (TT) will be tall.
  • Plant C (Tt) will also be tall, but maybe slightly shorter than Plant B depending on other factors.

Given these observations, the most reasonable prediction is:

Plant C will be the shortest.

So the correct response would be: Plant C will be the shortest.

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