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What is the genotype of dwarf plants which always produced dwarf offspring ?

(A) Dwarf-ness is denoted by letter ‘t’ . For plants that have always produced dwarf offspring, the genotype will be ‘tt’ as dwarf-ness will only be expressed when both the genes are recessive i.e. ‘tt’


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