Gregor Mendel's Early Life and Education
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What is a trait?

  • A heritable feature that varies among individuals (correct)
  • The process of pollen grains landing on the carpel of a flower
  • The practice of removing immature stamens from a plant
  • A type of plant Mendel used in his experiments

    • What is true-breeding?

  • The act of cross-pollinating two plants with different traits
  • Producing only the same variety as the parent plant over many generations of self-pollination (correct)
  • The process of hybridization between two pea plant varieties
  • The removal of pollen-producing organs from a plant

    • Why did Mendel choose to work with peas?

  • Because they have a long generation time
  • Because they allow for strict control over mating between plants (correct)
  • Because they have limited variety in terms of features
  • Because they have a small number of offspring

    • What did Mendel refer to the hybrid offspring as?

    <p>F1 generation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does it mean when two plants are hybridized?

    <p>They are cross-pollinated to create hybrid offspring</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a heritable feature that varies among individuals represent?

    <p>A character, like flower color in pea plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did Mendel grow up?

    <p>Austria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Mendel's primary interest according to the text?

    <p>Breeding of plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did Mendel study physics and chemistry for two years?

    <p>University of Vienna</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Christian Doppler encourage his students to do?

    <p>Learn science through experimentation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Mendel consider becoming a teacher?

    <p>As a reasonable choice at that time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did Mendel excel after overcoming financial hardship and illness?

    <p>Olmutz Philosophical Institute</p> Signup and view all the answers

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