One parental organism has the genotype #"TT"#, and another has the genotype #"Tt"#. What will the genotypes of their gametes be?

1 Answer
Oct 23, 2015

Parent organism a) would produce only one type of gamete, #"T"#.
Parent organism b) would produce two types of gametes, #"T"# and #"t"#.

Explanation:

The parental diploid genotypes, such as #"TT"# and #"Tt"# will be separated into haploid gametes during meiosis. So the parent with the genotype #"TT"# can only pass on the #"T"# allele to all of its gametes. So it would produce only one type of gamete when it comes to the #"TT"# genotype, which would be #"T"#. The parent with the genotype #"Tt"# has two different alleles, and half of its gametes will have the #"T"# allele, and half will have the #"t"# allele. So in regard to the #"Tt"# genotype, the parent organism will produce two different types of gametes, #"T"# and #"t"#.