Question

Mendel cross-pollinated second-generation purple-flowering hybrids.

What was the result of the second-generation cross, and why was it important?

Answer 1

For the second generation, Mendel cross-pollinated two hybrids that had purple flowers. About 75 percent of the second-generation plants had purple flowers. These plants had at least one dominant factor. Twenty-five percent of the second-generation plants had white flowers.

The results of Mendel's second set of experiments led to his second law. This is the law of independent assortment. It states that factors controlling different characteristics are inherited independently of each other.