Question

If Mendel had crossed a true breeding dominant plant with a true breeding recessive plant, in which of the three generations is the recessive trait visible?

Answer 1

P generation and F2 generation

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

If Mendel crossed a true breeding dominant plant with a true breeding recessive plant the recessive trait is visible in the F3 generation.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Mendel’s cross the selected parents are a tall pea plant and a short pea plant. Tall is the dominant trait and short is the recessive trait. Both the parents are homozygous.

Letter T represents tall and t represents short. Hence the phenotype TT is homozygous dominant and tt is homozygous recessive.

The genotype Tt represents tall since T is dominant over t. Mendel’s cross can be represented as

`Tall * Short`

`TT * tt`

F1 generation Tt Tt Tt Tt

F2 generation TT Tt Tt tt