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What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
- Offspring inherited acquired characters from their parents
- Offspring inherited traits in a random manner
- Offspring inherited traits independently of other traits
- Offspring were the average between both parents (correct)
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
- They were the only plants available at the time
- They were easy to manipulate matings
- They had many simple dichotomous traits (correct)
- They were resistant to pests and diseases
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
- Traits are transmitted randomly from parents to offspring
- Traits are only transmitted from the mother to the offspring
- Traits are a result of blending inheritance
- Traits are transmitted from parents to offspring independently of other traits and in dominant and recessive patterns (correct)
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
What was a commonly held belief about heredity before Gregor Mendel's experiments?
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
What did Gregor Mendel demonstrate with his experiments on nearly 30,000 pea plants?
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
What did Gregor Mendel consider the father of?
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
What type of flowers did the pea plants studied by Gregor Mendel have?
