Why Did All of the F₁ Offspring of Mendel's Classic

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why did all of the F₁ offspring of Mendel's classic pea cross always look like one of the two parental varieties?

• A) No genes interacted to produce the parental phenotype.
• B) Each allele affected phenotypic expression.
• C) The traits blended together during fertilisation.
• D) One allele was dominant.

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