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What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
Offspring were the average between both parents
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
They had many simple dichotomous traits
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
Traits are transmitted from parents to offspring independently of other traits and in dominant and recessive patterns
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
Genetics
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
Monoecious (male and female in one flower)
What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
Blending inheritance: offspring were the average between both parents
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
Genetics
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
They had many simple dichotomous traits
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
Traits are transmitted from parents to offspring independently of other traits and in dominant and recessive patterns
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
Monoecious (male and female in one flower)
What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
Offspring were the average between both parents
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
They had many simple dichotomous traits
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
Traits are transmitted from parents to offspring independently of other traits
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
Genetics
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
Monoecious (male and female in one flower)
Test your knowledge of Mendel's experiments and heredity with this quiz based on the contents of BIOLOGY 2E Chapter 1
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