a trait may be inherited, but may not be expressed. justify this statement with the help of a suitable example.

1. When a tall plant was crossed with a short plant, the first(F1)generation plants were all tall.

2.But when the F1 generation plants were crossed, the second(F2)generation plantswere not all tall: there were both tall and short plants.

2.This shows that the F1 plantshad inherited their traitfrom the short plantsbut did not express it in the presence of the tallness, and had transferred it to the next generation.

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for example in mendel's law of inheritance there are two traits dominant trait and recessive trait both are independently inherited but only dominant trait express itself .Recessive trait doesnot express itself or in other words it remains masked

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for example in mendel's law of inheritance there are two traits dominant trait and recessive trait both are independently inherited but only dominant trait express itself .Recessive trait doesnot able to express itself or in other words it remains masked

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For example on mendal's law there are two types of trait dominant and recessive and dominant expressed itself but recessive didn't express itself .. And after cross breeding the properties of dominant shows.
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example in f1 generation all plants were tall but in f2 generation dwarfness which was hidden got expressed
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