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  • Diagram illustrating Mendel's Inheriting traits in peas.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 16 August 2011 Size: 34 KB Referencing Hub media

    Mendel crossed pure lines of pea plants. Dominant traits, like purple flower colour, appeared in the first-generation hybrids (F1), whereas recessive traits, like white flower colour, were masked. However, recessive traits reappeared in second-generation (F2) pea plants in a ratio of 3:1 (dominant to recessive).

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