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Gregor Mendel's Early Life and Education

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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?

F1 generation Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean when two plants are hybridized?

They are cross-pollinated to create hybrid offspring Signup and view all the answers

What does a heritable feature that varies among individuals represent?

A character, like flower color in pea plants Signup and view all the answers

Where did Mendel grow up?

Austria Signup and view all the answers

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

Breeding of plants Signup and view all the answers

Where did Mendel study physics and chemistry for two years?

University of Vienna Signup and view all the answers

What did Christian Doppler encourage his students to do?

Learn science through experimentation Signup and view all the answers

Why did Mendel consider becoming a teacher?

As a reasonable choice at that time Signup and view all the answers

Where did Mendel excel after overcoming financial hardship and illness?

Olmutz Philosophical Institute Signup and view all the answers