Which flower color seemed to dominate over the other? Explain your answer.
Violet dominated white, given that in Mendel’s experiment , it occurred 3 times vs the white
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. If he observed 200 F2 plants, approximately how many would have purple flowers? Approximately how many would have white flowers? Explain your answers.
150, 50. Given the ratio in Mendel’s Experiment of 3:1
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Why did he allow the plants in the F1 generation to self-pollinate?
Mendel wondered what had happened to the white-flower characteristic. He assumed some type of inherited factor produces white flowers and some other inherited factor produces violet flowers. He allowed self pollination to see.
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Why do you think he only tested one characteristic at a time?
Because his research only wanted to see how characteristics are passed from parents to offspring.
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Why did he use pea plants with different characteristics for the parental generation?
Pea plants are easy to observe, they have visible and have 2 obvious distinction in their characteristics. They are also fast growing and easy to raise.
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