Gregor Mendel and his Pea Plant Experiments

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What was the major reason Gregor Mendel chose to work with pea plants in his studies of heredity?

They are difficult to cultivate

They grow slowly

They have complex genetic traits

They produce many offspring (correct)

In Mendel's experiments, how many characteristics did he initially examine in the seeds and plants grown from the seeds?

Six

Seven (correct)

Eight

Four

What did Mendel focus on when selecting traits for his experiments with pea plants?

Characteristics with only one form

Traits that existed in two easily distinguishable forms (correct)

Physical traits only

Traits that were difficult to distinguish

Which terminology was NOT known to Mendel during his experiments with pea plants?

DNA Signup and view all the answers

What term is now used to refer to the genetic factors that Mendel described in his pea plant experiments?

Alleles Signup and view all the answers

According to Mendel's First Law of Segregation, how many alleles does an individual diploid organism possess for any particular characteristic?

Two Signup and view all the answers

What happens when two alleles of an individual plant separate into gametes?

One allele goes into each gamete Signup and view all the answers

In Mendel's monohybrid crosses, what was the reason behind some traits disappearing in the F1 heterozygous offspring?

Presence of recessive alleles only Signup and view all the answers

What did Mendel do to ensure that each plant was pure breeding for the traits he chose to study?

Monitored the plants for two generations. Signup and view all the answers

In Mendel's monohybrid crosses, what ratio of traits emerged in the F2 generation?

3:1 Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome when Mendel crossed a pea plant with round seeds with one that had wrinkled seeds in the parental generation?

All F1 seeds were round. Signup and view all the answers

What did Mendel observe when he conducted reciprocal crosses in his pea plant experiments?

The results were the same. Signup and view all the answers

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What was the major reason Gregor Mendel chose to work with pea plants in his studies of heredity?

In Mendel's experiments, how many characteristics did he initially examine in the seeds and plants grown from the seeds?

What did Mendel focus on when selecting traits for his experiments with pea plants?

Which terminology was NOT known to Mendel during his experiments with pea plants?

What term is now used to refer to the genetic factors that Mendel described in his pea plant experiments?

According to Mendel's First Law of Segregation, how many alleles does an individual diploid organism possess for any particular characteristic?

What happens when two alleles of an individual plant separate into gametes?

In Mendel's monohybrid crosses, what was the reason behind some traits disappearing in the F1 heterozygous offspring?

What did Mendel do to ensure that each plant was pure breeding for the traits he chose to study?

In Mendel's monohybrid crosses, what ratio of traits emerged in the F2 generation?

What was the outcome when Mendel crossed a pea plant with round seeds with one that had wrinkled seeds in the parental generation?

What did Mendel observe when he conducted reciprocal crosses in his pea plant experiments?

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