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OpenStudy (anonymous):

When a tall homozygous plant was crossed with a short homozygous plant, the F1 offspring were all tall. No short plants were present in the F1 generation. Which principle does this situation represent? The principle of unit characters The principle of dominance The principle of segregation @ilovehim121511

OpenStudy (abhisar):

Should i reply ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Haha yeah , why wouldn't you ?

OpenStudy (abhisar):

No i just asked because u had tagged someone else..nvm

OpenStudy (abhisar):

What do u think ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

B .

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I doubt it tho .

OpenStudy (abhisar):

why do u think so ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It was just a guess tbch .

OpenStudy (abhisar):

Well if u perform a cross|dw:1403632686507:dw|

OpenStudy (abhisar):

This shows that inspite of presence of b, only B was capable to xpress itself

OpenStudy (abhisar):

and mendel's law of dominance states that one of the factors for a pair of inherited traits will be dominant and the other recessive, unless both factors are recessive. The dominant allele is capable of xpressing itself alone while the recessive allele can only xpress itself in heterozygous form

OpenStudy (abhisar):

got it ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So I was correct ?

OpenStudy (abhisar):

yep !

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