a brown horse i just did this in school a few weeks ago
Scientists use a test cross to determine if an organism is heterozygous or homozygous dominant.
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The phenotype will show the dominant trait. All dominant traits mask recessive ones; If the genotype is heterozygous (One dominant and one recessive) the organism's phenotype will be dominant.
Hybrids from a cross of parental (P) generation, of homozygous parents (one is homozygous recessive, the second one is homozygous dominant) do belong to F1 generation, yes. Their genotype is heterozygous.
Homozygous recessive plant
Scientists use a test cross to determine if an organism is heterozygous or homozygous dominant.
BbxBb = 25% homozygous BB; 50 % heterozygous Bb, and 25% homozygous recessive bb.
AA (dominant) mating with aa (recessive) -----> Aa
You get one homozygous dominant (TT), one homozygous recessive (tt), and two heterozygous (Tt).
Heterozygous alleles are used to describe the 'parents' when creating a test cross chart. When completing a test cross there is more than comparing alleles, you are really comparing genetics. Heterozygous YY or yy versus Homozygous Yy, is just the first to consider.
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1 homozygous dominant: 2 heterozygous: 1 homozygous recessive
In the P generation, one parent is homozygous dominant and the other parent is homozygous recessive. In the F1 generation, the product of a cross between the P generation, the offspring are all heterozygous. In the F2 generation, the product of a cross between the F1 generation, the expected result is 1/4 homozygous dominant, 1/2 heterozygous, and 1/4 homozygous recessive.
In the P generation, one parent is homozygous dominant and the other parent is homozygous recessive. In the F1 generation, the product of a cross between the P generation, the offspring are all heterozygous. In the F2 generation, the product of a cross between the F1 generation, the expected result is 1/4 homozygous dominant, 1/2 heterozygous, and 1/4 homozygous recessive.
A cross between a homozygous recessive and an individual of unknown genotype is called a test cross.The homozygous recessive can only pass on a recessive allele to the offspring, and so any recessive in the other parent will show up in the phenotype (detectable characteristics) of some of the offspring.
The phenotype will show the dominant trait. All dominant traits mask recessive ones; If the genotype is heterozygous (One dominant and one recessive) the organism's phenotype will be dominant.
In such a cross, the F1 plants will always be tall, because that is the dominant allele. In the cross described, a homozygous dominant plant was crossed with a homozygous recessive plant; a cross that produces 100% heterozygous offspring. (AaBbCc)