When Mendel crossed a true-breeding short plant with a true-breeding tall plant, all the offspring were tall. Which term describes the gene for tallness?
Traits that were masked in the F1 generation reappeared in the F2 generation due to Mendel's law of segregation. During gamete formation, alleles segregate randomly so that each gamete carries only one allele for each trait. When F1 hybrids are crossed, the recessive allele can be passed down and result in the expression of the trait in the F2 generation.
dominant
When Mendel crossed true-breeding pea plants with different traits, he observed that the offspring in the first generation (F1) all displayed one of the parental traits. This led him to propose the Law of Dominance, which states that one trait will mask or dominate another in hybrids.
Mendel crossed true-breeding pea plants with contrasting traits in his first generation experiments. Specifically, he crossed a true-breeding purple-flowered plant with a true-breeding white-flowered plant.
A heterozygous genotype (e.g. Aa) is not true-breeding because it carries two different alleles for a trait and can produce offspring with different genotypes when crossed. True-breeding genotypes are homozygous for a particular trait (e.g. AA or aa) and will consistently produce offspring with the same genotype when crossed.
When Mendel crossed a true-breeding short plant with a true-breeding tall plant, all the offspring were tall. Which term describes the gene for tallness?
When Mendel crossed a true-breeding short plant with a true-breeding tall plant, all the offspring were tall. Which term describes the gene for tallness?
When Mendel crossed a true-breeding short plant with a true-breeding tall plant, all the offspring were tall. Which term describes the gene for tallness?
Traits that were masked in the F1 generation reappeared in the F2 generation due to Mendel's law of segregation. During gamete formation, alleles segregate randomly so that each gamete carries only one allele for each trait. When F1 hybrids are crossed, the recessive allele can be passed down and result in the expression of the trait in the F2 generation.
Selective breeding is a process where humans choose certain individuals with desired traits to be parents, aiming to pass those traits to offspring. This can lead to changes in allele frequencies in a population over time, as individuals with specific alleles are favored for reproduction. Ultimately, selective breeding can result in the fixation of certain alleles that confer the desired traits.
P generation
the P (parental) Generation
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Inbreeding is the mating of genetically related individuals, such as closely related family members. It can increase the likelihood of genetic disorders and decrease genetic diversity within a population.
If two true-breeding pea plants are crossed their offspring will show the dominant trait. The flowers will be purple or light purple.
The offspring of two true-breeding plants is also true-breeding, meaning they will consistently display the same traits as the parents. This is because true-breeding plants are homozygous for a particular trait, so when they are crossed, their offspring will also be homozygous for that trait.