Mendel performed reciprocal crosses in which he used pollen from a white-flowered plant to fertilize a purple-flowered plant and pollen from a purple-flowered plant to fertilize a white-flowered plant.What did these reciprocal crosses demonstrate?
A)The reciprocal crosses demonstrated that each parent made an unequal contribution to the offspring.
B)The reciprocal crosses demonstrated that each parent made an equal contribution to the offspring.
C)The reciprocal crosses demonstrated that each parent could made an equal contribution to the offspring,but this did not always occur.

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The reciprocal crosses demonstrated that each parent made an equal contribution to the offspring. This is because the offspring in both crosses had the same phenotype, showing that the trait is determined by the genes contributed by both parents equally.

Mendel Performed Reciprocal Crosses in Which He Used Pollen from a White-Flowered