Question

List two observations made by Mendel in F₁ generation plants.

Hint:

Mendel's experiments revealed that dominant traits, such as purple flowers, mask the expression of recessive traits, such as white flowers, in Fsubscript{1} hybrid plants.

Answer 1

Mendel made the following observations in the F₁ generation:
1. All plants in F₁ generation had purple flowers, indicating that the purple flower trait was dominant over the white flower trait.
2. The F₁ plants were all hybrids, having a combination of WW and ww genes, but the dominant trait (purple) expressed itself in the phenotype.