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Pea plants male flower part

Pea plants female flower part

1. Mendel allowed each variety of pea plants to self-pollinate for several generations. He wanted to ensure that the offspring of each variety would display the same characteristics. • Example: a pea plant with purple flowers will only produce plants

Mendel experimented with two characteristics at a time, such as a yellow round seeds with green wrinkled seeds. He wanted to know if different characteristics are inherited together. For example, were yellow seeds always round and green seeds always

When reproductive cells form, the pair of alleles separates, or segregates. Each reproductive cell, or gamete, receives one allele. During fertilization, two gametes combine, giving the offspring two alleles. The inherited alleles can be the same or

The genes controlling different characteristics are inherited separately and therefore are not related.

A pair of ____ controls each characteristic. Each parent contributes one copy of the gene

different versions of a gene controls each characteristic

Seed Form, Seed Cotyledon, Flower color, Pod Form, Pod Color, Stem Place, and Stem Size

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