Question

gregor mendel crossed homozygous tall plants (tt) with homozygous short plants (tt). all the resulting offspring were tall. from these results, what conclusion did mendel draw? tailness is a dominant trait. the word homozygous always means dominant. only dominant alleles are passed on to offspring. the alleles of the offspring were recessive.

Explanation:

Mendel crossed homozygous tall (TT) and homozygous short (tt) plants. All offspring were tall, showing that the tall trait masked the short trait. This indicates that tallness is a dominant trait.

Answer:

Tallness is a dominant trait.