You Are Studying a New Species of Plant Similar to Mendel's

Multiple Choice

You are studying a new species of plant similar to Mendel's pea plants. You are specifically interested in two genes that are located on two different chromosomes. In this plant, the gene for height has two alleles, T (tall) and t (short) . The gene for leaf color has two alleles P (purple) and p (pink) . What meiotic products do you expect from diploid cells that are homozyous for the tall allele and heterozygous for the purple allele?

A) An equal number of Tp, tP, tp, and TP gametes
B) An equal number of TP and Tp gametes
C) An equal number of TP and tp gametes
D) 2 TP gametes for every 1 Tp gamete