Question

during his experiments with pea plants, mendel referred to the trait that was expressed in the f₁ or first filial generation as multiple choice recessive. homozygous. codominant. independent. dominant.

Explanation:

Mendel's pea plant experiments showed that when crossing two true-breeding parents with contrasting traits, the F₁ generation only expressed one trait. He called this expressed trait "dominant" and the hidden one "recessive". Other options (homozygous, codominant, independent) do not describe the expressed trait in F₁.

Answer:

dominant.