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In certain plants, tall is dominant to short. If a heterozygous plant is crossed with a homozygous tall plant, what is the probability that the offspring will be short?

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The answer is E) 0.

If:
A - dominant allele,
a - recessive allele,

then:
AA - dominant homozygous (tall),
aa - recessive homozygous (short),
Aa - heterozygous (tall).

A heterozygous plant (Aa) is crossed with a homozygous tall plant (AA):

Parental generation:         Aa     x    AA
F1 generation:           AA     AA     Aa     Aa

All of the offspring is tall (AA or Aa), since tall is dominant to short.
There is no chance for offspring to be short (aa).

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