In His Studies of the Processes of Inheritance, Mendel First

Multiple Choice

In his studies of the processes of inheritance, Mendel first mated a purple-flowered pea plant with a white-flowered pea plant, and then mated the new offspring with each other. What did the second generation offspring look like?

A) All were purple-flowered.
B) Half were white-flowered and half were purple-flowered.
C) All were lavender.
D) One fourth were white-flowered and three fourths were purple-flowered.