In Mendel's experiments, if the allele for tall (T) plants was incompletely dominant over the allele for short (t) plants, what offspring would have resulted from crossing two Tt plants? A) ¹/₄tall; ¹/₂ intermediate height; ¹/₄ short B) ¹/₂ tall; ¹/₄ intermediate height; ¹/₄ short C) ¹/₄ tall; ¹/₄ intermediate height; ¹/₂ short D) All tall offspring E) All intermediate height offspring

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Incomplete dominance is a type of inheritance in which the heterozygous genotype has a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes. In this case, the heterozygous Tt plants would have an intermediate height, between the tall TT plants and the short tt plants. When two Tt plants are crossed, the expected offspring would be ¹F1F1F1S1F1F1F10₄ tall, ¹F1F1F1S1F1F1F10₂ intermediate height, and ¹F1F1F1S1F1F1F10₄ short.

In Mendel's Experiments, If the Allele for Tall (T) Plants