Question

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 1-2
sentences. (4 points)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

In the pollination experiment, the tall pea plant should be cross-pollinated with a known homozygous recessive short pea plant. If any short offspring are produced, it would indicate that the tall pea plant is heterozygous, whereas only tall offspring would suggest homozygosity.