Mendel conducted self-pollination experiments with both the parental plants and the F1 tall plants. When the F1 tall plants were allowed to reproduce through self-pollination, the resulting second-generation, or F2, progeny exhibited a mix of tall and short plants. This ...

In the F1 progeny resulting from the cross of pea plants with different characteristics, Mendel observed that there were no halfway characteristics. For example, if a tall plant and a short plant were crossed, all plants in the F1 generation ...

Mendel used contrasting visible characters such as round/wrinkled seeds, tall/short plants, and white/violet flowers in his experiments with garden peas. These characters were important as they allowed him to observe and analyze the inheritance patterns of specific traits, providing clear ...

Mendel’s experiments involved the study of traits in pea plants and led to the formulation of key principles of inheritance, such as the laws of segregation and independent assortment. His work laid the foundation for our understanding of genetic inheritance. ...

Each child inherits two versions of each trait, one from the father and one from the mother. These two versions, known as alleles, may be similar or different. The combination of alleles influences the expression of traits in the child, ...