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What is the main focus of Mendelian genetics?
What is the main focus of Mendelian genetics?
- The study of genetic disorders
- The study of genetic composition over time
- The study of population genetics
- The study of inheritance in families and populations (correct)
Who proposed that heredity is based on the transmission of 'factors' from the genes?
Who proposed that heredity is based on the transmission of 'factors' from the genes?
- Louis Pasteur
- Thomas Edison
- Charles Darwin
- Gregor Mendel (correct)
What does population genetics study?
What does population genetics study?
- Genetic composition over time
- Changes in genetic composition over time (correct)
- Inheritance in families and populations
- Genetic disorders
Which field of biology focuses on the genetic composition of biological populations?
Which field of biology focuses on the genetic composition of biological populations?
Who is credited with laying the foundation for Mendelian genetics?
Who is credited with laying the foundation for Mendelian genetics?
What did Gregor Mendel propose as the basis for heredity?
What did Gregor Mendel propose as the basis for heredity?
What aspect of genetics does genetic disorders focus on?
What aspect of genetics does genetic disorders focus on?
Which geneticist's work forms the basis of Mendelian genetics?
Which geneticist's work forms the basis of Mendelian genetics?
What did Mendelian genetics originate from?
What did Mendelian genetics originate from?
What is the primary focus of genetics according to the text?
What is the primary focus of genetics according to the text?
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Genetics is a field of biology that studies the genetic composition of biological populations and the changes in genetic composition over time. The study of genetics can be subdivided in Mendelian genetics, genetic disorders, and population genetics.
- Mendelian genetics:
- Mendelian genetics is based on the work of the 19th-centa
y genetic, Mendel, and is concerned with the study of inheritance in families and populations
- Mendel proposed that heredity is based on the transmission of "factors" (l
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