Genetics - Mendel's F1 Cross

Question 1

Mendel’s P Generation

Answer 1

• the parent generation
• true breeding:
• if allowed to self-pollinate the organisms will produce offspring identical to themselves
• he wanted homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive plants
• each original pair of plants are known as the P (parental) generation

Question 2

Filial (F) Generation

Answer 2

• F1
• hybrids:
• a cross between two true breeding plants of different types
• monohybrids:
• organisms differ in only one charcteristic