Which of the following is the result of Mendel’s experiment?
Purple
White
Purple and White
No offspring were yielded
Based on the answer to Part A, what did this experiment help Mendel prove?
Some traits are randomly expressed.
Some traits are recessive and some are dominant.
When two hybrid plants cross-pollinate, it increases the chance for mutations.
When two true-breeding plants cross-pollinate, the recessive trait will be expressed.
The result of Mendel’s experiment is Purple and White. His experiments with pea plants showed that when he crossed a purple-flowered plant with a white-flowered plant, the offspring could exhibit both purple and white flowers in subsequent generations.
Based on the answer to Part A, this experiment helped Mendel prove that some traits are recessive and some are dominant. This was demonstrated when the offspring of the hybrid plants showed the dominant trait (purple) in the first generation, while the recessive trait (white) reappeared in the next generation, confirming the principles of heredity he later outlined.
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