tall and tall
a small plant
When a first generation plant self pollinates, the ratio of dominant to recessive traits in the second generation plants is typically 3:1. This is based on Mendel's principle of segregation, which predicts that in a monohybrid cross, three plants will exhibit the dominant trait and one will exhibit the recessive trait.
a small plant
a small plant
reappears in some plants in the F2 generation
f2 generation
Mendel's F1 generation plants showed only one of the two traits present in the parental generation. This indicated that the trait expressed in the F1 generation was dominant, while the other trait was recessive.
dominant
dominant
dominant
The trait observed in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred is known as the dominant trait. This trait is expressed in the offspring because it masks the expression of the recessive trait.
The first generation of of pea plants that Mendel bred were tall.