10 Questions
What did Gregor Mendel find in 1865 that led to his recognition in genetics?
Individual traits are determined by discrete factors
What did centuries of breeding of domestic plants and animals demonstrate?
Useful traits can be accentuated by controlled mating
Who is referred to as the Father of Genetics?
Johann Gregor Mendel
What did people wonder about for centuries regarding traits?
How traits are inherited from one generation to the next
What did Mendel's work help establish in the field of genetics?
The concept of discrete factors determining individual traits
Who is considered the Father of Genetics?
Johann Gregor Mendel
What did Gregor Mendel find in 1865 that led to his recognition in genetics?
He found that individual traits are determined by discrete 'factors,' later known as genes.
What did people wonder about for centuries regarding traits?
People wondered how traits are inherited from one generation to the next.
What did centuries of breeding of domestic plants and animals demonstrate?
Centuries of breeding of domestic plants and animals had shown that useful traits can be accentuated by controlled mating.
What did Mendel's work help establish in the field of genetics?
Mendel's work helped establish the principles of inheritance, including segregation and independent assortment.
Test your knowledge of plant cytology and genetics with this quiz on Mendel's principles of inheritance, segregation, and independent assortment. Compiled by Dr. Abhishek Kumar, Teaching Associate at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agriculture University, this quiz explores the foundational work of Johann Gregor Mendel, known as the Father of Genetics.
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