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What observations led Mendel to conclude that some traits were recessive?
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∙ 6y ago
Mendel selected true breeding tall (TT) and dwarf (tt) pea plants. Then, he crossed these two plants. The seeds formed after fertilization were grown and these plants that were formed represent the first filial or F1 generation. All the F1 plants obtained were tall.Then, Mendel self-pollinated the F1 plants and observed that all plants obtained in the F2 generation were not tall. Instead, one-fourth of the F2 plants were short.From this experiment, Mendel concluded that the F1 tall plants were not true breeding. They were carrying traits of both short height and tall height. They appeared tall only because the tall trait is dominant over the dwarf trait.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoMendel did this by cross breeding dominate strains with recessive strains to see which were which. When he crossed tall plants with short ones, he found only tall ones. That told him that the tall trait is dominate.
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∙ 8y agoHe hoped comparing the ratios would help explain it.
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In which generation were recessive traits visible Mendel's experiments?
F2 Generation
What was Mendel's main contribution to hereditary science?
Gregor Mendel showed the way dominant and recessive traits are inherited and expressed.
In which generation were recessive traits visible in a few plants in Mendel's experiments?
F2 generation
In which generation were recessive traits visible in a few plants in Mendel's experiment?
F2 generation
Mendel was able to conclude that traits are inherited from parents and that no particular traits are shown more than others in offspring?
true
In Mendel's experiment why did traits show up in the f1 generation that were not present in the f1 generation?
the traits were recessive
When Mendel studied traits how did his methods differ from those of other scientists?
Mendel called the more common traits "dominant" and the less common ones "recessive."-Sami. (:
In which generation were recessive traits visible Mendel's experiments?
F2 Generation
What conclusions did Gregor Mendel reach based on his observations of pea plants?
Mendal learned that there are two kinds of traits,,dominate and recessive. He also learned that the enheritance of the traits are determined by genes.
What did Mendel call the observed trait and the trait that seemed to disappear?
he called the observed traits dominant and the disapear traits recessive.
What is true about George Mendel's peas?
I believe that you mean Gregor Mendel. He used peas to show dominant vs. recessive inheritance by noting their flower color. His observations were unappreciated for many years, but we now know that he was the first to systematically show the relationship between inheritance of traits, and how some traits are dominant over other traits.
Gregor Mendel is studied in this course because he?
did research on dominant and recessive traits.
Mendel accounted for the observation that traits which had disappeared in the F1 generation reappeared in the F2 generation by proposing that?
C) traits can be dominant or recessive, and the recessive traits were obscured by the dominant ones in the F1
What was Mendel's main contribution to hereditary science?
Gregor Mendel showed the way dominant and recessive traits are inherited and expressed.
In which generation were recessive traits hidden in all the plants in Mendel's experiment?
f2 generation
In which generation were recessive traits visible in a few plants in Mendel experiments?
F2 generation
In which generation were recessive traits visible in a few plants in Mendel's experiments?
F2 generation
