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When Mendel cross-pollinated purple- and white-flowered parent plants, what did he observe?

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He observed that the second generation (F2), had roughly 75% of the flowers colored purple, while 25% of the flowers were white.

Step-by-step explanation:

This comes to shows that there may have been a dominant trait in the flowers, resulting in different colors or a higher chance of a certain color happening. This may have been due because of white being a "recessive trait" for his plants, and purple being a "dominant trait". Hope this helps!

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