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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 parenal characters.
i) Work out the cross with the help of a Punnett square.
ii) Name the type of the cross carried out.

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`50%` Tall, `50%` small.
ii) The type of cross caried out here is a test cross. It is a cross in which an individual with an unknown dominant phenotype is crossed with an individual (parent) homozygous recessive for that trait.
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