2007-02-23 03:43:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There are a number of plants that will do this actually. Corn and other cereals among them.
You may be more generally looking for plants, not really sure what you are looking for.
The plant must be inbred for the offspring to be identical though, as pointed out above, that's what is meant by pure breeding.
2007-02-23 04:23:54 · answer #1 · answered by btpage0630 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Self pollinated plants (soybean, wheat, most grasses, pea, etc... and NOT Corn as stated above), will produce offsring that are genetically identical to them if thet are themselve homozygotes at all loci which may or may not be the case (which depend if they are themselve from a self polination or a cross-polination) many plant can do both or be forced to. Also be carefull on what you call offspring identical to themselves. The will be genetically identical but not necessarly identical. Imagine you get two offspring that are actually identical and you grow one in the desert and one in a greenhouse. Will they be identical? No one grows poorly in the desert and the other very well in the greenhouse. The appeareance is what is called phenotypes and the genes genotypes. The phenotype is the result of both the genotype and the environment which would result in two (genetically) identical organism to not be actualy identical (phenotype).
2007-02-23 14:23:19 · answer #2 · answered by Frederick Jeffries 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
organisms that are pure-breed when self crossed will produce identical offspring. This is what Mendel used in his experiments.
2007-02-23 12:17:58 · answer #3 · answered by starsun moon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember correctly from highschool, I believe that it is the Pea plant.
Google Mendel's Experiments
Sorry I can't give you more info but I hope this helps.
Teresa.
2007-02-23 11:58:11 · answer #4 · answered by lilhairyfairy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋