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In garden peas, tall is dominant over short, if you have a tall garden pea plant

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Question

In garden peas, tall is dominant over short, if you have a tall garden pea plant, but do not show its genetic background, you want to determine whether it is homogygous or heterozygous, you should cross itw ith a plant that is

A homozygous dominant
B homozygous recessive
c heterozygous
d of the same genotype
e tail


An analysis of the nucleus of the cells in a cheek smear from a human reveals the presence of one Barr body. With respective sex-chromosomal makeup, this personal is probably an(a)

a. normal male
b. normal female
c XO individual
d XXX female
E XXY male

Explanation / Answer

In garden peas, tall is dominant over short, if you have a tall garden pea plant, but do not show its genetic background, you want to determine whether it is homogygous or heterozygous, you should cross itw ith a plant that is

A homozygous dominant
B homozygous recessive
c heterozygous
d of the same genotype
e tail

test cross

Tt x tt

An analysis of the nucleus of the cells in a cheek smear from a human reveals the presence of one Barr body. With respective sex-chromosomal makeup, this personal is probably an(a)

a. normal male
b. normal female
c XO individual
d XXX female
E XXY male

radom inactivation of one of x-chromsomes occurs in female.

inactivated is seen as sex chromation ---------BARR BODY -IN BUCCAL SMEAR