Question

Explain the term monohybrid cross.

Answer 1

Monohybrid cross

The cross between two individuals with one pair of contrasting characters results in the opposite phenotype for a certain genetic trait.

1. The cross between a pair of contrasting characters for instance. pure tall plant TT and pure dwarf plant tt.
2. There were only tall plants obtained in the first filial (F1) generation.
3. It can be explained using Punnett square.

♀ ♂	T	T
t	Tt	Tt
t	Tt	Tt