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How do Mendel’s experiments show that traits are inherited independently?

Mendel took two pairs of alternative expression of two traits of a pea plant and crossed them. The F1 progeny showed only the dominant characteristics among each pair. The F2 progeny had phenotypes similar to parents but also new phenotypes that did not exist in the parents. This indicates that pair of alternate characteristics behave independently of the other pair and are thus inherited independent of each other. 
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