What is a test cross? How can it decipher the heterozygosity of a plan

1.	What is a test cross? How can it decipher the heterozygosity of a plant?
Answer» A cross to analyse whether genotype of dominant individual is homozygous or heterozygous is called test cross. On crossing with a recessive parent, if 50% of progeny have dominant trait and 50% have recessive trait then the plant is said to be heterozygous.

What is a test cross? How can it decipher the heterozygosity of a plant?

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A cross to analyse whether genotype of dominant individual is homozygous or heterozygous is called test cross.

On crossing with a recessive parent, if 50% of progeny have dominant trait and 50% have recessive trait then the plant is said to be heterozygous.