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 tall plant must be heterozygous
Is tall dominant? You didn't say. Let's assume it is. Therefore, as long as a dominant allele is one of the two alleles an organism has for every trait, and we let "R" stand for dominant tall and 'r' stand for recessive short, then either an RR or Rr genotype will result in a tall phenotype.
The F1 generation of crossing a tall plant with a short plant resulted in all tall plants. This is because the tall trait is dominant and the short trait is recessive in Mendel's experiments with pea plants.
It depends on whether the short trait is dominant or recessive. If shortness is dominant, the resulting pea plants would be of intermediate height. If shortness is recessive, the resulting pea plants would be short like the parents.
A cross between members of the F1 generation (Tt x Tt), results in the genotypic ratio of 1TT:2Tt:1tt genotypes in the F2 generation. Because the tall allele is dominant, the phenotypic ratio would be 3 tall:1 short in the F2 generation.
the tall plant must be heterozygous
Dominant Allele
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
0 (there is no chance it will be short since tall is dominant over short). Hope this helps! - Biology Student
No they do not. Say for example we are looking at the the colour of pea plants where R represents the allele for the colour red and, and the other allele r represents green. The plant will be red with the genotype RR AND Rr which are different genotypes.
if we assume tall plant <T> & short plant as< t> genotype of tall plant ; TT genotype of short plant ; tt
A cross between members of the F1 generation (Tt x Tt), results in the genotypic ratio of 1TT:2Tt:1tt genotypes in the F2 generation. Because the tall allele is dominant, the phenotypic ratio would be 3 tall:1 short in the F2 generation.
This was an example of tallness being a dominant phenotypic trait in pea plants
The F1 generation of crossing a tall plant with a short plant resulted in all tall plants. This is because the tall trait is dominant and the short trait is recessive in Mendel's experiments with pea plants.
Is tall dominant? You didn't say. Let's assume it is. Therefore, as long as a dominant allele is one of the two alleles an organism has for every trait, and we let "R" stand for dominant tall and 'r' stand for recessive short, then either an RR or Rr genotype will result in a tall phenotype.
It depends on whether the short trait is dominant or recessive. If shortness is dominant, the resulting pea plants would be of intermediate height. If shortness is recessive, the resulting pea plants would be short like the parents.
Gregor Mendel discovered that when he crossed a tall plant with a short plant, all the resulting offspring were tall. This indicated that the trait for tallness was dominant over the trait for shortness.