A tall looking pea plant can have a genotype of Tt or TT.
The genotype of the tall pea plant is heterozygous
The genotype of the tall pea plant is heterozygous!
When a true breeding tall pea plant (homozygous for the tall trait, TT) is crossed with a tall pea plant of unknown genotype, the offspring's phenotypes can help determine the genotype of the second plant. If all offspring are tall, the unknown plant is likely also homozygous tall (TT). However, if some offspring are short, the unknown plant must be heterozygous (Tt), as the short trait (tt) can only appear if the recessive allele is present. In summary, the resulting phenotypes of the offspring will clarify the genotype of the unknown parent.
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For example, if the tall plant stand for T, the genotypes are: TT tt
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Three types of genotypes that exist for pea plant height are: TT - Homozygous dominant genotype for tall height Tt - Heterozygous genotype for tall height tt - Homozygous recessive genotype for short height
In pea plants, the trait for tallness is typically dominant, while the trait for shortness is recessive. In a case of simple dominance, a plant with a genotype that includes at least one dominant allele for tallness (e.g., TT or Tt) will be tall. Conversely, only a plant with the homozygous recessive genotype (tt) will be short. Thus, a plant with the genotype TT or Tt will be tall.
Really, there is no set letter for any allele. It is common, however, to use the first letter of the dominant allele. Since tall height is dominant over short height in pea plants, then the allele for short would be the t (a lowercase t).
The word genotypes is in reference to the alleles an individual receives at fertilization. Lets say that the allele/gene/trait, genotype for the Tall plant is T and dominate and the allele/gene/trait genotype for the short plant is t and recessive. If the genotype is an homozygous allele/gene/trait has two dominate alleles/genes/traits seen as two capital letters ex: dominate tall=TT or if the genotype is homozygous with two recessive alleles/genes/traits it will have two lower case letters ex: short=tt. If the genotype is heterozygous is a Tall plant that means the allele/gene/trait will have one dominate T=Tall and one recessive t=short and it will look like this Tt and with this genotype a Tall plant will be produce "T", even though that plant will still carry an allele/gene/trait for shortness "t". Tips: homozygous [Gk.homo means same and zygous means balance] & heterozygous [Gk.hetero means different and zygous means balance]