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Who is considered the first scientist to study genetics scientifically?

  • Charles Darwin
  • Gregor Mendel (correct)
  • Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • Louis Pasteur

What did Mendel study in terms of inheritance?

  • Behavioral inheritance
  • Molecular inheritance
  • Environmental inheritance
  • Trait inheritance (correct)

What did Mendel observe about organisms and traits?

  • Organisms inherit traits only from their mothers
  • Organisms inherit traits through blending of traits from both parents
  • Organisms inherit traits randomly from a pool of traits
  • Organisms inherit traits through discrete 'units of inheritance' (correct)

What are the primary principles of genetics in the 21st century?

<p>Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In addition to genes, what does modern genetics study?

<p>Gene structure and function, variation, and distribution within the context of the cell, the organism, and the population (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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