that the parents were true-breeding for contrasting traits. NOT TRUE. If so, all the offspring would be identical genotypes. Think of a classic cross that gives you a 3:1 ratio and write it out. It would suggest that the parents were both heterozygous for a single trait.
heteroygous I believe
That the parents were both heterozygous!
When two true-breeding plants are crossed, only one result is possible.
When Mendel crossed pea plants with green pods with those with yellow pods, the offspring all had green pods if the green pod parent was homozygous. If the green pod parent was heterozygous, then half the offspring had green pods and half had yellow pods.
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That the parents were both heterozygous!
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tall.
If two true-breeding pea plants are crossed their offspring will show the dominant trait. The flowers will be purple or light purple.
visual inspection of phenotypic traits.
When two true-breeding plants are crossed, only one result is possible.
3:1 ratio Two pea plants, both heterozygous for flower color, are crossed. The offspring will show the dominant purple coloration in a 3:1 ratio
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because it helped Mendel discover which plants would be crossed to produce offspring.
Whenever Mendel performed a cross with pea plants, he carefully categorized and counted the many offspring. Every time Mendel repeated a particular cross, obtained similar results. For example, whenever Mendel crossed two plants that were hybrid for stem height (Tt), about three fourths of the resulting plants were tall and about one fourth were short. Mendel realized that the principles of probability could be used to explain the results of genetic crosses.