P1 or parental
f2 generation
In Mendel's experiment, the ratio of tall to short plants in the F2 generation was approximately 3:1. This ratio is explained by Mendel's law of segregation, which states that alleles separate randomly during gamete formation, resulting in different combinations in offspring.
In Mendel's first experiment with pea plants, he crossed true-breeding plants with contrasting traits (e.g., tall and short). He found that the first generation (F1) offspring all displayed one of the traits, while the second generation (F2) showed a 3:1 ratio of the dominant to recessive trait. This led him to formulate his principles of inheritance, now known as Mendelian genetics.
The offspring produced by crossing F1 plants is known as F2 generation. This generation results from the self-pollination of F1 hybrid plants. The F2 generation exhibits greater genetic variability due to the recombination of alleles from the original parental lines.
taken from a science textbook- Scientists today call these parent plants the parental generation, or P generation. The offspring from this cross are the first filial generation or the F1 generation. The word filial comes from filila and flilius, the Latin words for daughter and son. When the plants in the F1 generation were full-grown, Mendel allowed them to self-pollinate. Surprisingly, the plants in the F2 gneration were a mix of tall AND short plants. The shortness trait had reappeared even though none of the F2 parent plants were short. Mendel counted the tall and short plants. About three fourths of the plants were tall, while one fourths were short.
P1 or parental
There were three times as many tall plants as short plants.
f2 generation
Three times as many shorts plants as tall plants.
three times as many tall plants as short plants
F1 generation
F2 generation
The original generation for pea plants in Mendel's experiment is called the P generation, or parental generation. This generation consisted of the true-breeding plants that Mendel used to establish the traits he studied. The P generation was crossed to produce the F1 generation, which exhibited the traits inherited from the P generation.
they were all hybrids
p1 or parental
F2 generation
f1 Generation