Mendel and His Peas (Ch 3.1)

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Mendel used ______________ to study patterns of __________.

The offspring from Mendel's first set of experiments always showed one trait while the other seemed the fade. The trait that seemed to show was called the ___________ and the one that faded was called the _______________.

A 'self-pollinating' plant

The different forms of a _______ are called _________.

What is the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring?

When a ________________ self-pollinates, all of its offspring will have the same trait as the parent.

What did Mendel do before working with heredity?

Mendel used plants that were true-breeding for different traits in his first series of cross-pollination. The offspring from such a cross are called