New combinations of traits in F2 offspring occur when the factors controlling seed shape and seed color recombine during the formation of zygotes. This recombination leads to F2 offspring with diverse trait combinations, such as tall plants with wrinkled seeds ...

In F2 progeny resulting from self-pollination of F1 plants, new combinations of traits emerge. Some are tall with wrinkled seeds, some are short with round seeds, and others show the original traits. This suggests independent inheritance of the tall/short and ...

When pea plants with different traits are bred (crossed), the dominant traits are expressed in the first generation (F1). In this case, tallness and round seeds are dominant traits. Describe the traits of the progeny from crossing a tall plant ...

Dominant traits, like ‘T’ in this example, are expressed even if only one copy of the gene is present. Recessive traits, like ‘t’, are expressed only when both copies of the gene are recessive

Mendel concluded that both the tallness and shortness traits were inherited in the F1 plants, but only the tallness trait was expressed in the F1 generation. The appearance of short plants in the F2 generation indicated that the shortness trait ...