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Lesson: Chapter 20 — Heredity

20.2. Showing a cross 5 of 5

Question 5

Two plants both look tall. One is TT and the other Tt. How could you tell them apart?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Cross each with a dwarf plant and look at the offspring. The TT plant gives only tall offspring; the Tt plant gives about half dwarf. That is the whole purpose of a test cross.

You cannot read a genotype off a plant by looking at it. The offspring are the only evidence available about the second allele.

Answer the question to continue.