Mendels study

• What is a monohybrid cross?

  A cross that involves a single trait from two organisms
• What was Mendel's monohybrid experiment focused on?

  • Seed color of a garden pea
  • Involves crossing two purebred plants with contrasting traits
• What are the traits of the purebred plants Mendel used in his experiment?

  Seeds with yellow (YY) and green (yy) colors
• What are the parental plants in Mendel's experiment referred to as?

  Parental or P1 generation
• What is the offspring of the parental cross called?

  First filial or F{1} generation
• What is the composition of the F{1} generation in Mendel's experiment?

  Hybrid pea plants that have yellow seed color
• What defines a hybrid in Mendel's context?

  The offspring of two contrasting traits or two different species
• What did Mendel do with the hybrid plants from the F{1} generation?

  He let them self-pollinate
• What were the results of the self-pollination of the F{1} generation?


  3 out of 4 would have yellow seed color and 1 out of 4 would have green seed color
• What are the offspring of the F{1} generation called?

  Second filial or F{2} generation