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The appearance of short plants in the F2 generation (from self-pollinated F1 tall plants) indicates that expressed

Question
The appearance of short plants in the F2 generation (from self-pollinated F1 tall plants) indicates that expressed
the shortness trait was lost completely in F1
both tallness and shortness traits were inherited in F1 plants, but only tallness was
F1 plants were not truly tall
shortness is not a heritable trait at all
Answer
both tallness and shortness traits were inherited in F1 plants, but only tallness was
Detailed Explanation
This result shows that F1 plants carried both the tallness and shortness traits, but only tallness was expressed (dominant), with shortness reappearing in F2.
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