So what Gregor Mendel did was he crossed a true breeding tall plant with a true breeding short plant. And every time he tried this experiment he always saw that the f one generation offspring was always tall. In fact, every time he tried to experiment with other traits he got the same exact result. He saw that the f one generation offspring always resembled one of the parents and never the other parent. Now because of this result he posed he asked the following question what exactly happens to the trait for shortness, for the short height within this offspring? Does this f one generation offspring lose the trait that gives it the shortness quality?