How do Mendel's experiments show that the traits are inherited independently? Explain.

Mendel crossed two pea plants with two different visible contrasting characteristics such as plant with round and green seeds, with plant with wrinkled, yellow seeds. In \(\displaystyle \mathrm{F}_{1}\) progeny all obtained plants have round and yellow seeds which are dominant characters.

\(\displaystyle \mathrm{F}_{1}\) progeny is self-pollinated to produce \(\displaystyle \mathrm{F}_{2}\) progeny and the plant produced in \(\displaystyle \mathrm{F}_{2}\) progeny showed new combination such as plant with round and yellow seeds or plant with wrinkled and green seeds which were not present in parent generation or \(\displaystyle \mathrm{F}_{1}\) progeny.