Biology / Unit 5 Bio 1013 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Monohybrid Cross
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The idea
A monohybrid cross tracks one single characteristic between two parents differing at that one trait, isolating that trait's inheritance pattern from every other.
In practice
Crossing a true-breeding violet-flowered plant with a true-breeding white-flowered plant, tracking flower color alone, is a monohybrid cross.
Where people slip
A monohybrid cross varies exactly one trait — varying two turns it into a different, dihybrid design.
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