ACacia S. answered • 06/21/21
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Mendel did experiments with plant hybridization. He chose garden peas because a large number of pure varieties of peas were available, they were small and easy to grow and they could self-cross. He examined 34 varieties of peas then selected seven easily distinguishable traits. He found that F1 generation exhibits only one of two traits with no blending. The F2 generation exhibits a 3:1 ration of both traits and the 3:1 ratio is actually 1:2:1, 1/4true-breeeding dominant individual ,1/2 not true-breeding dominant individuals and 1/4 true-breeding recessive individuals. Plants exhibiting the recessive trait were always true-breeding.
