What happened in mendel’s experiments when a pea plant received two different alleles for the same trait?

a. only the recessive allele form was visible in the offspring.

b. the forms of both alleles were visible in the offspring.

c. the recessive allele was hidden by the dominant allele.

d. the dominant allele was hidden by the recessive allele.

C. The recessive allele was hidden by the dominant allele.

The correct answer is C. The recessive allele was hidden by the dominant allele.

Alleles are the different forms of a gene, which correspond to a specific trait of the organism. They can be dominant ( generally denoted by capital letter) or recessive ( denoted by small letter).

The dominant allele expresses itself even in heterozygous ( like Tt fall tallness) state whereas recessive expresses itself when present only in the homozygous state ( tt for dwarfness).

In Mendel’s experiments when a pea plant received two different alleles for the same trait, the recessive allele was hidden by the dominant allele.