Mendel studied many morphological characteristics such as pea pod color, flower color, and plant height. Today, these "characters" that Mendel known to be influenced by units of heredity called
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Gregor Mendel studied pea plants. One of the characteristics that Mendel studied was plant height, which may be tall or dwarfed. The gene that determined height in Mendel's pea plants has been identified. This gene encodes an enzyme called gibberellin 3-oxidase (GA 3-oxidase). The function of this enzyme is to convert an inactive plant compound into active gibberellin. The T allele of this gene codes for the functional GA 3-oxidase enzyme and is associated with the tall phenotype. The t allele codes for a non-functional version of this enzyme and is associated with the dwarfed phenotype.
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