Question

Mendel investigated the genetics of peas. He did not know about genes but shows that inherited characteristics can be dominant or recessive.
Explain how Mendel used homozygous tall and homozygous short pea plants to show that the tall allele is dominant

Accepted Answer

-Mendel crossed homozygous tall and homozygous short pea plants and produced all tall offspring
-Therfore all the offspring had a heterozygous genotype with one tall and one short allele showing that the tall allele is dominant

Front	Mendel investigated the genetics of peas. He did not know about genes but shows that inherited characteristics can be dominant or recessive. Explain how Mendel used homozygous tall and homozygous short pea plants to show that the tall allele is dominant
Back	-Mendel crossed homozygous tall and homozygous short pea plants and produced all tall offspring -Therfore all the offspring had a heterozygous genotype with one tall and one short allele showing that the tall allele is dominant

Tall Homozygous Dominant Short Allele Mendel Pea Plants