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Question
What is a dihybrid cross? How did Mendel perform this cross?
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Solution
Dihybrid Cross: A cross between two parents taking into consideration alternative traits of two different characters. For example, a cross between a round and yellow seed-bearing plant with wrinkled and green seed-bearing plant.
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