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Question
Mendel, in one of his experiments with pea plants, crossed a variety of pea plant having round seeds with one having wrinkled seeds. State Mendel’s observations giving reasons of F1 and F2 progeny of this cross. Also, list any two contrasting characters, other than round seeds of pea plants that Mendel used in his experiments.
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Solution
Other contracting characters :
| Height | Dominant | Recessive |
| Seed | Tall | .................... |
| color | Yellow | Green |
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