Question

in one of his experiments with pea plants, Mendel observed that, when a pure tall pea plant is crossed with pure dwarf pea plant, in the first generation (f1) only tall. plant appeared. (a) what happens to the trait of the dwarf plant in this case

Answer 1

a) This experiment conducted by Mendel explains about the dominant and recessive traits. It shows that the f1 generation only had Tall Trait which was expressed but when he self-pollinated two Tall plants of the F1 generation, he observed that Dwarf plant was also expressed but in the ratio of 3:1 i.e Tall:Short
This means that the trait was inherited in The tall F1 Generation plant but was not expressed and such type of traits are called Recessive Traits.