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What did Gregor Mendel study in relation to trait inheritance?

  • Patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring (correct)
  • The process of photosynthesis in pea plants
  • The role of chloroplasts in genetic variation
  • The structure of DNA in plants
  • How does plant genetics differ from animal genetics?

  • Plants inherit traits exclusively from one parent
  • Plants have a more complex DNA structure than animals
  • Plants have fewer genetic variations compared to animals
  • Plants can be self-fertile, unlike most animals (correct)
  • What is a unique genetic ability that can make speciation easier in many plants?

  • Being exclusively asexual reproducers
  • Having a higher mutation rate than animals
  • Being well adapted to polyploidy (correct)
  • Having a simpler genetic code than animals
  • What did Mendel observe about the way traits are inherited by organisms?

    <p>Organisms inherit traits by way of discrete 'units of inheritance'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process achieved by the use of chloroplasts in plants?

    <p>Photosynthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Gregor Mendel use to describe the discrete 'units of inheritance'?

    <p>Genes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why can parentage and lineage be difficult to determine in plant genetics?

    <p>Plants are self-fertile</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a unique genetic ability that can make speciation easier in many plants?

    <p>Polyploidy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process achieved by the use of chloroplasts in plants?

    <p>Photosynthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Gregor Mendel study in relation to trait inheritance?

    <p>Patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring</p> Signup and view all the answers

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