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  • Determining the Genotype of a Tall Pea Plant via Testcross
    The genotype of the tall pea plant is TT. Here's why:

    * Testcross: A testcross involves crossing an individual with an unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive individual. In this case, the recessive individual would be short (tt).

    * All Tall Offspring: Since all the offspring are tall, this means they all inherited at least one dominant "T" allele.

    * Homozygous Dominant: The only way to guarantee all offspring are tall is if the unknown plant is homozygous dominant (TT). If it were heterozygous (Tt), some offspring would have been short.

    Here's a simple Punnett square to illustrate:

    ```

    T T

    t Tt Tt

    t Tt Tt

    ```

    As you can see, all offspring from a TT x tt cross would be Tt (tall).

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