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Mendel’s Work Father of Genetics Gregor Mendel Monk who enjoyed gardening Studied plants the traits of pea Traits Traits are determined by genes Genes are passed from parents to offspring Traits Traits that are most often seen are considered to be dominant Traits that seem to disappear and then reappear in later generations are called recessive Pea plant studies Curious about what would occur if plants with opposite traits created offspring Parental generation (P) Cross pollinated two purebred plants First generation Expected to create medium sized plants, but all of the offspring were tall Took two of these plants & crossed them Second generation ¾ of offspring were tall while ¼ were short