Question

Mendel started his studies with parent pea plants that had specific genotypes. What are the terms that are used to describe EACH of the two plants that Mendel used in the P generation?
One parent plant had a __________________________________ genotype.

One parent plant had a _____________________________________ genotype.

Answer 1

Plants used in first-generation crosses were called P, or parental generation, plants.Mendel collected the seeds produced by the P plants that resulted from each cross and grew them the following season. These offspring were called the F1, or the first filial (filial = daughter or son), generation.