question

you are asked to find the genotype of a pea plant bearing violet flowers, growing in your school garden. give your explanation to get the solution.

 

 

carry a test cross and then cross the violet flower-bearing plant with the white flower-bearing plant after that crossthe violet flower-bearing plant with the homozygous recessive plant. now if the progeny has 100% violet flowers, then the unknown genotype is homozygous dominant but if the progeny has 50% violet flower and 50% white flower, then the unknown genotype is heterozygous dominant.