In Garden Peas, the Allele for Tall Plants Is Dominant

question 29

Multiple Choice

In garden peas, the allele for tall plants is dominant over the allele for short plants. Imagine that a true-breeding tall plant is crossed with a short plant. Then one of their offspring is test crossed. Out of 20 offspring resulting from the test cross, about how many should be tall?

• A) 0
• B) 10
• C) 15
• D) 20
• E) 5

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Implicit Cost

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