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Question:

Name the plant Mendel used for his experiment. What type of progeny was obtained by Mendel in F1 and F2 generations when he crossed tall and short plants?

Solution:

Mendel used garden pea plant or Pisum sativum for his experiments. When he crossed pure tall and pure short plants he obtained all tall progenies in the F1 generation. To obtain the F2 generation he brought about the selfing of F1 generation. Which produced tall and short progenies in a ratio of 3:1 respectively.