Reciprocal Crosses

Learn about reciprocal crosses in this image, which illustrates one of Mendel’s pea plant experiments.

Topics

  • characteristic
  • cross-pollination
  • dominant
  • F1 generation
  • F1 plant
  • F1
  • female parent
  • first filial generation
  • Gregor Mendel
  • inheritance
  • male parent
  • Mendel
  • P generation
  • parental generation
  • parental plant
  • parental
  • pea plant
  • phenotype
  • Pisum sativum
  • pure-breeding
  • reciprocal cross
  • trait
  • true-breeding