Question

Mendel crossed homozygous tall and short plants. The law of segregation dictates that each sperm of the tall plant randomly passes
down one allele for height and the eggs of each short plant also pass down one allele for height to the F1 generation seed. Predict the F1
generation genotype.
O If the homozygous tall plant (TT) crosses with a heterozygous short plant (Tt), then all the F1 plants become heterozygous tall plants (Tt).
O If the heterozygous tall plant (TT) crosses with a heterozygous short plant (Tt), then all the F1 plants become heterozygous tall plants (Tt).
O If the heterozygous tall plant (Tt) crosses with a homozygous short plant (tt), then all the F1 plants become heterozygous tall plants (Tt).
O If the homozygous tall plant (TT) crosses with a homozygous short plant (tt), then all the F1 plants become heterozygous tall plants (Tt).

Answer 1

Answer:

D.) If the homozygous tall plant (TT) crosses with a homozygous short plant (tt), then all the F1 plants become heterozygous tall plants (Tt).

Explanation:

Homozygous indicates that the alleles in the genotype are the same. Therefore, the genotype for homozygous tall plants is (TT) and the genotype for homozygous short plants is (tt).

After performing a cross, we know that all of the children will have the heterozygous genotype (Tt).