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Homozygous tall pea plants look the same as heterozygous tall pea plants. Formulate a pollination experiment to identify whether a tall pea plant is homozygous or heterozygous. Explain your answer in 3-5 sentences.

Answer 1

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To determine whether a tall pea plant is homozygous or heterozygous, we can perform a pollination experiment. First, we need to obtain pollen from a known homozygous tall plant and fertilize the flowers of the plant in question. If the resulting offspring are all tall, it suggests that the plant being tested is also homozygous for tallness. Alternatively, if a mix of tall and short offspring is produced, it indicates heterozygosity. This experiment is based on the principle that if the plant being tested is homozygous, it will only pass on the dominant tall allele, resulting in offspring that are all tall. If it is heterozygous, it will pass on the dominant tall allele to some offspring and the recessive short allele to others, leading to a mixture of heights in the offspring.