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What is Gregor Mendel known as?
What is Gregor Mendel known as?
- Discoverer of DNA
- Inventor of Heredity
- Father of Modern Genetics (correct)
- Monk Scientist
Where was Gregor Mendel born?
Where was Gregor Mendel born?
- Germany
- France
- England
- Austria (correct)
What is heredity?
What is heredity?
- The study of plants
- The passing on of traits from parents to offspring (correct)
- A theory about the origin of species
- The study of animal behavior
What did Gregor Mendel study in his monastery's garden?
What did Gregor Mendel study in his monastery's garden?
Where did Gregor Mendel continue his education after a local schoolmaster's recommendation?
Where did Gregor Mendel continue his education after a local schoolmaster's recommendation?
What foundation did Gregor Mendel's experiments with pea plants become?
What foundation did Gregor Mendel's experiments with pea plants become?
What subjects did Mendel excel in academically during his time at the University of Vienna?
What subjects did Mendel excel in academically during his time at the University of Vienna?
Why did Mendel's father disagree with his decision to study to be a monk?
Why did Mendel's father disagree with his decision to study to be a monk?
Which scientist did Mendel study physics under at the University of Vienna?
Which scientist did Mendel study physics under at the University of Vienna?
What was a commonly accepted belief regarding hereditary traits of plant hybrids during Mendel's time?
What was a commonly accepted belief regarding hereditary traits of plant hybrids during Mendel's time?
What caused Mendel to temporarily abandon his studies more than once during his academic career?
What caused Mendel to temporarily abandon his studies more than once during his academic career?
Where did Mendel conduct his famous experiments on the transmission of hereditary traits?
Where did Mendel conduct his famous experiments on the transmission of hereditary traits?
