A tall pea plant is crossed with a short pea plant. Half the offspring are tall and half are short. How would you designate the allele for tallness?(1 point)

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TT
TT - incorrect

T
T - no response given

Tt
Tt - no response given

tt

Answer 1

To design the allele for tallness in this scenario, you would designate the allele for tallness as "T."

In this case, since half of the offspring are tall and half are short, we can infer that the tallness trait is dominant (T) and the short trait is recessive (t). The tall pea plant must have the genotype Tt (heterozygous), while the short pea plant has the genotype tt (homozygous recessive). Thus, the dominant allele for tallness would be represented by "T."