Mendel's Inheritance Experiments

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Mendel's inheritance experiments focused on which organism?

  • Pea plants (correct)
  • Bacteria
  • Fruit flies
  • Humans

What is the term used to describe the offspring resulting from the cross between two different true-breeding parents?

  • Mutation
  • Hybrid (correct)
  • Clone
  • Genotype

Mendel's experiments showed that traits are inherited in discrete units, which are now known as what?

  • Chromosomes
  • Proteins
  • Genes (correct)
  • Enzymes

Which of the following is NOT a principle of Mendelian inheritance?

<p>Polygenic inheritance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the probability of obtaining a homozygous recessive offspring from a cross between two heterozygous parents?

<p>25% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Mendel's experiments, what is the term used to describe the offspring resulting from the cross between two true-breeding parents with different traits?

<p>Monohybrids (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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