Heredity and Diversity

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What is heredity?

  • The mechanism of inheritance
  • The passing of traits to offspring from parents or ancestors (correct)
  • The process of natural selection
  • The diversity within species and between different species

What were the two main problems faced by Darwin?

  • Mechanism of inheritance and source of variation (correct)
  • Biodiversity and heredity
  • Natural selection and adaptation
  • Mendel's ideas and Austrian Monk's interference

What did the Spermists believe?

  • Blending inheritance
  • A miniature individual resides inside the sperm and gives rise to a newborn (correct)
  • The individual resides inside the female's egg
  • Gametes from male

What did the Ovists believe?

<p>The individual resides inside the female's egg (ovum) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin lack when he published his ideas?

<p>A mechanism to facilitate natural selection (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Mendel send to Darwin?

<p>Ideas on inheritance of traits (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Spermists believe?

<p>A miniature individual resides inside the sperm and gives rise to newborn when it fertilizes the egg (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin lack when he published his ideas?

<p>Mechanism to facilitate natural selection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main problem faced by Darwin?

<p>Mechanism of inheritance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is heredity?

<p>The passing of traits to offspring from its parents or ancestor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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