MENDEL'S LAWS OF INHERITANCE

Question 1

Gregor Mendel conducted hybridisation experiments on garden peas for ________ and proposed the laws of inheritance in living organisms

Answer 1

7 years ( 1856-1863 )

Question 2

During Mendel’s investigations, it was for the 1st time that ________

Answer 2

statistical analysis and mathematical logic were applied to problems in biology

Question 3

Mendel’s experiments had a ________ which gave greater capability to the data

Answer 3

large sampling size

Question 4

____________ proved that Mendel’s results pointed to general rules of inheritance rather than being unsubstantiated ideas

Answer 4

Confirmation of his inferences from experiments on successive generations of his test plants

Question 5

Mendel conducted artificial pollination/cross pollination experiments using several _________

Answer 5

true-breeding lines

Question 6

A true breeding line is _________________

Answer 6

one that, having undergone continuous self-pollination, shows the stable trait inheritance and expression for several generations

Question 7

Mendel selected ________ ( no. ) true-breeding plant varieties, as pairs which were similar except ____(no.) character/s with contrasting traits

Answer 7

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