Question

How did mendel explain that it is possible that a trait is inherited but not expressed in an organisms ​

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Explanation:

Mendel proved his theory of inheritance using pea plants grown in the garden. When he cross bred a pea plant with tallness as the dominant trait and another pea plant with shortness  as the recessive trait  to recieve the F1 generation of plants , he noticed that tallness being the dominant trait was  only expressed  and shortness was not  expressed . In the F1 progeny both the characters shortness and tallness was inherited SEPERATLEY but shortness was not expressed as it is a recessive trait . Hence Mendel showed through his experiments that inherited characters need not be expressed