List two differences in tabular form between dominant trait and recessive traits. What percentage/proportion of the plants in the F2 generation/progeny were round, in Mendel’s cross between round and wrinkled pea plants? (Foreign 2016)

Differences between dominant traits and recessive trait are given below:

Dominant trait Recessive trait
(i) It is the trait controlled by the dominant allele.It is a recessive allele-controlled characteristic.
(ii)It is the feature that the F1 generation expresses.It is the feature that does not emerge in the F1 generation but does in the F2.

In the F2 generation, 31 genotypes out of a total of 4 genotypes express round seeds phenotypically. Therefore, 75% of plants will have seeds that are rounded. 
This can be illustrated as follows:

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