create a short paragraph explaining 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.
Homozygous tall pea plants have two copies of the tall allele, while heterozygous tall pea plants have one copy of the tall allele and one copy of the short allele. Despite having different genetic compositions, homozygous and heterozygous tall pea plants may appear identical in terms of their physical appearance. To determine whether a tall pea plant is homozygous or heterozygous, a pollination experiment can be conducted by cross-pollinating the tall pea plant with a known homozygous short pea plant. If the resulting offspring show a mix of tall and short plants, it indicates that the tall pea plant is heterozygous. On the other hand, if all the offspring are tall, it suggests that the tall pea plant is homozygous.
