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For parental (P) crosses, Mendel chose true-breeding plants that exhibited the two forms of
a characteristic. For example, he crossed a true-breeding tall plant and a true-breeding short
plant. In this investigation, assume that the parental crosses are also true-breeding plants.
Count the number of offspring exhibiting each trait in each generation and complete the data
table. Then answer the questions based on your observations.

Trait 1 - Plant Height

P F1

parental cross generation cross

tall x short tall x tall

F1 F2

results results

P Data Table F1 P F1

F1
parental cross Trait generation cross F2 parental cross generation cross
pod color - green white x purple purple x purple
green x yellow green x green
pod color - yellow

ower color - purple F1 F2
F1 F2 results results
results ower color -white results

plant height - tall

plant height -short

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