Gregor Mendel, in his work with pea plants, discovered that the offspring from crossing purebred tall pea plants with purebred dwarf pea plants were tall. Mendel called this the law of
A) codominance.
B) dominance.
C) dominant autosomes.
D) epigenesist.

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Mendel's observation that offspring from crossing purebred tall pea plants with purebred dwarf pea plants were tall led to the formulation of the law of dominance. This law states that in a heterozygote, one trait will conceal the presence of another trait for the same characteristic.

Gregor Mendel, in His Work with Pea Plants, Discovered That