NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mendel allowed the first-generation plants to self-pollinate. Figure 5 also shows what happened when a first-generation plant with purple flowers was allowed to self-pollinate. As you can see, the recessive trait for white flowers reappeared in the second generation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Terms in this set (20) All the offspring had purple flowers. When Mendel used true-breeding white flowers and true-breeding purple flowers as the parental generation, what were the results? (Purple flower is dominant over white.) the chromosome number would double in each generation.

Detailed explanation-3: -true-breeding plant: a plant that always produces offspring of the same phenotype when self-fertilized; one that is homozygous for the trait being followed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Self-Pollination When a true-breeding plant self-pollinates, it always produces offspring with traits that match the parent. Mendel cross-pollinated pea plants himself and recorded the traits that appeared.