Question

Which best describes the pure lines in mendel's experiment

A. They were the F2 generation

B. They were heterozygous

C. They were homozygous

D. They could not reproduce

Answer 1

Pure lines were homozygous. They had the same pair of an allele, either both of a dominant one or both for recessive phenotype. For example, a pure line will have either AA or aa, and ant not heterozygous Aa. Pure lines the clone of the homozygous parents.