Question

What was Mendel referring to when he wrote that "the hybrid character resembles that of one of the parental forms so closely that the other either escapes observation completely or cannot be detected with certainly...." ?

Answer 1

Answer:

It means that one either exactly resembles a parent or it does not.  

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Answer 2

I’m thinking he was referring to heterozygous crosses like Aa you only see the A not the little a trait so it’s like it’s not there