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Why in a test cross, did Mendel cross a tall pea plant with a dwarf pea plant only?

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A cross is made between an F1 heterozygous hybrid with homozygous recessive parent is called Test cross. It is used to determine, whether F1 individual is either homozygous or heterozygous.
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