Mendel concluded from his experiment that the factors which is responsible for a particular structural and physiological characteristics of the organism are present in pairs which now a days called genes. Mendel performed hybridisation experiment in pea plant with reference to the following seven pairs of contrasting characters.
Plant character |
Dominant character |
Recessive character |
Length of plant |
Tall |
Dwarf |
Position of flowers |
Axillary |
Terminal |
Form of pod |
Inflated or flat |
Constricted |
Colour of unripe pod |
Green |
Yellow |
Colour of seed |
Round |
Wrinkled |
Shape of seedcoat |
Grey |
White |
Colour of cotyledons |
Yellow |
Green |