In a field of sunflower plants, 776 plants are tall and 224 plants are short. Sunflower height follows the normal pattern of inheritance. Dominant traits masks recessive. Tall (T) is dominant and short (t) is recessive. What is the genotype of the short plants in the field?

Question

Responses
A TT
B TTTT
C TtTt
D tt

Answer 1

In the context of this problem, since tall (T) is the dominant trait and short (t) is the recessive trait, only the homozygous recessive genotype (tt) will result in short plants.

Therefore, the genotype of the short plants in the field is:

D. tt