The height of a plant is denoted by alleles: T - Tall and t - short
The heterozygous plant for height trait will be:

Tall

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Solution

The correct option is A Tall
If an organism is heterozygous for a trait or possesses one dominant and one recessive allele, then the dominant trait is expressed. It masks the effect of the recessive allele.
T (tall) is dominant to t (short)
Then heterozygous plant - Tt will be tall.

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A cross between a tall plant (TT) and short pea plant (tt) resulted in progeny that were all tall plants because

(a) tallness is the dominant trait
(b) shortness is the dominant trait
(c) tallness is the recessive trait
(d) height of pea plant is not governed by gene ‘T’ or ‘t’

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The height of a plant is denoted by alleles: T - Tall and t - short The heterozygous plant for height trait will be:

The correct option is A TallIf an organism is heterozygous for a trait or possesses one dominant and one recessive allele, then the dominant trait is expressed. It masks the effect of the recessive allele.T (tall) is dominant to t (short)Then heterozygous plant - Tt will be tall.

The height of a plant is denoted by alleles: T - Tall and t - short
The heterozygous plant for height trait will be:

The correct option is A Tall
If an organism is heterozygous for a trait or possesses one dominant and one recessive allele, then the dominant trait is expressed. It masks the effect of the recessive allele.
T (tall) is dominant to t (short)
Then heterozygous plant - Tt will be tall.