What was Gregor Mendel's experiment with pea plants?

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Daniel Arnold · Accepted Answer

Mendel studied inheritance with his pea plants.

P SERIES First, Mendel made sure that each type bred true (e.g. only tall plants yield tall plants), which is why he selected pea plants as his specimen to study. Pea plants exhibit distinctive traits that could be easily observed from one generation to the next (e.g. color, height). Mendel had to manually transfer pollen and emasculate the flowers because pea plants self-pollinate, so once he had these purebred seeds, he mated the two opposing traits for each characteristic. The F1 Generation In crossing the two opposing traits, the resulting offspring was heterozygous. (For example, #"TT" xx "tt" = "Tt"#). These hybrids were then self-pollinated. Generation F2 In this case, a #1:2:1# ratio was observed genotypically e.g. #" " 1/4 "TT " : " "2/4 "Tt " : " " 1/4 "tt"# In terms of phenotypic makeup, it was 25% of one trait and 75% of another. e.g. #" "75% "tall " : " "25% "short"#

Gabriella Anderson · Answer

undefined Gregor Mendel conducted experiments with pea plants in the mid-19th century to study the inheritance of traits. He focused on seven traits, such as seed color, seed shape, flower color, and flower position, and crossed pea plants with different traits to observe the patterns of inheritance. Mendel carefully controlled the pollination of the pea plants, ensuring that he knew the parentage of each generation. Through his experiments, Mendel discovered the principles of inheritance, including dominance, segregation, and independent assortment.