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A cross was carried out between two pea plants showing the contrasting traits of height of the plant. The result of the cross showed 50% of parental characters. Name the type of cross.

The type of cross is a test cross. A test cross is done to determine whether the individual in question is either homozygous dominant or heterozygous. For this, an individual with an unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive organism (tester). The result is 1:1.


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