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What does it mean that Mendel's parental plants were described as 'true-breeding'?

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What does it mean that Mendel's parental plants were described as 'true-breeding'?

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  • They required special breeding conditions

  • They consistently produced only their own type across generations

  • They could breed with any plant variety

  • They produced offspring with new traits never seen before

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True-breeding plants are homozygous for a trait and consistently produce offspring identical to themselves across generations. Mendel's TT tall plants always produced tall offspring, and tt dwarf plants always produced dwarf offspring when self-pollinated.

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