Mendel referred to the characteristic expressed in the hybrid F1 generation as the dominant trait. This trait masks the expression of the recessive allele in the heterozygous individual.
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.
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parental 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.
Gregor Mendel referred to the generation resulting from crossbreeding the parental generation as the "first filial generation," symbolized as F1.
F2 generation (second filial generation)
The original generation of pea plants in Mendel's experiments is called the P generation, or parental generation. This generation consists of the true-breeding plants that Mendel used to establish the traits he studied in subsequent generations. The P generation's offspring are referred to as the F1 generation, which Mendel observed for inheritance patterns.
In a typical Mendel experiment, Mendel took two purebreeding lines (the parental generation) and crossed them to produce the 1st filial generation and sometimes would self cross these to produce the 2nd filial generation.
Gregor Mendel called the parent plants in his experiments "P generation," which stood for parental generation.
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The parental generation (P) of plants used in Mendel's research all had the same genotype for the specific traits he studied. This allowed Mendel to observe the patterns of inheritance without any variations in the parental generation.