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...n his crosses, the recessive trait disappeared in the F1 generation but reappeared in the F2 generation ~he reasoned that for every trait, there must be a pair of factors ~he called the factors characters, but we call them genes ~the dominant gene is represented by a capital letter and the recessive gene is represented by a lower case letter **Gene Segregation ~in Mendel;s experiments the pure parental plants each had two identical genes for a trait ~he reasoned that the two genes (dominant and recessive) separate during gamete formation Parental Plants F1 Generation WW * ww „³ Ww-Ww-Ww-Ww F1 Generation F2 Generation Ww * Ww -----„³ WW-Ww_Ww-ww **Punnett Squares ~Is a chart used to determine the possible combinations of genes among the offspring ~across the top of the square are written the gametes produced by one parent, and the other parent on the left side Ww * Ww v W w W WW (purple) Ww (purple) w Ww (purple) ww (white) 4.) The test of Segregation ~his conclusions about the dominant and recessive traits and his hypothesis that genes segregate when gametes are formed grew from his experiments ~mendel predicted that if F1 generation purple flowered plants woiuld cross with white flowered plants, he would get a ratio different from any of his previous obtained ratio. ~according to his hypothesis, purple flower plants produce both W and w gametes, while white flowers plant only produce w gametes. Mendel redicted the possible combinations in offspring resulting from a cross between Ww and ww parents would be Ww(purple) and ww(white) ~he predicted also that the numbers of each would be about the same When Mendel performed the experiment, he obtained about half (50%) white flowered plants. The same ration was observed when he did the same experiment using plants having other traits Ww (F1) * ww v W w w Ww(purple) ww(white) w Ww(purple) ww...