Question

In pea plants, plant height is controlled by a single autosomal dominant gene. Tall plants (H) are dominant to short plants (h). In a cross of two tall heterozygous plants, which phenotype ratio is expected from the resulting offspring?

Answer 1

Dominant allele is H

Recessive allele is h

The heterozygous plant is Hh and its phenotype is a tall plant.

If we cross two heterozygous

Parents: Hh x Hh

F1 generation: HH Hh Hh hh

Phenotype ratio is 3:1 (tall plants : short plants)

HH and Hh are for tall plants

hh is for short plants