Multiple Choice
Which statement best summarizes Gregor Mendel's contribution to science?
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Mendel's Experiments and Laws
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In Mendel's experiments, what term is used to describe the first two individuals that mate in a genetic cross, also known as the parental generation?
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F2 generation
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Hybrid generation
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F1 generation
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P generation
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Understand that Mendel's experiments involved tracking traits across generations of pea plants to study inheritance patterns.
Recognize that the first two individuals that mate in a genetic cross are called the parental generation, which is abbreviated as the P generation.
Know that the offspring of the P generation are called the F1 generation (first filial generation), and their offspring are the F2 generation (second filial generation).
Identify that the term 'hybrid generation' refers to offspring resulting from parents with different traits, often the F1 generation, but it is not the name for the original parents.
Conclude that the correct term for the first two individuals in a genetic cross is the P generation, standing for 'parental generation'.
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