alleryStart learning →In Mendel's terms, a hybridization involves which mating?
ATwo heterozygotes that share the same trait
BOne plant fertilising itself over two seasons
CTwo plants that are identical at every locus
DTwo true-breeding plants with different traits
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Two true-breeding plants with different traits
1. Mendel performed hybridizations to combine two contrasting versions of one characteristic.
2. A hybridization mates two true-breeding individuals that have different traits.
3. Self-fertilisation of one plant is the opposite of a hybridization.
4. Mating two plants identical at every locus would produce no contrast to follow.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 "Mendel's Experiments and Heredity", section 12.1 Mendel's Experiments and the Laws of Probability_
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