If the traits are inherited as dominant and recessive, the F 1 offspring will all exhibit the same phenotype as the parent homozygous for the dominant trait. The traits that were visible in the F 1 generation are referred to as dominant, and traits that disappear in the F 1 generation are described as recessive.

When the F 1 plants in Mendel’s experiment were self-crossed, the F 2 offspring exhibited the dominant trait or the recessive trait in a 3:1 ratio, confirming that the recessive trait had been transmitted faithfully… If these heterozygous offspring are self-crossed, the resulting F 2 offspring will be equally likely to inherit gametes carrying the dominant or recessive trait, giving rise to offspring of which one quarter are…

dominant — describes a trait that masks the expression of another trait when both versions of the gene are present in an individual. recessive — describes a trait whose expression is masked by another trait when the alleles for both traits are present in an individual. F 2 — the second filial generation produced when F 1 individuals are self-crossed or fertilized with each other. reciprocal cross — a paired cross in which the respective traits of the male and female in one cross become the respective traits of the female and male in the other cross.