1. He crossed a purebred tall plant with a short plant.
2. Similarly, he crossed two different characteristic plants about 7 traits.
3. Futhermore, he let all seven types of the first generation plant self-pollinate.
Through this experiment, he was the first to realize that hereditary information for two different forms of a trait can coexist in a single individual, with one form masking the expression of the other form.
His 1865 paper ‘Experiments on Plant Hybridization’ is today regarded as the base of genetic experimentation.

