How many characters are true from the given statements?
(i) Genetics deals with the inheritance, as well as the variation of characters from parents to offspring.
(ii) Inheritance is the process by which characters are passed on from parent to progeny.
(iii) Variation is the degree to which progeny differ from their parents. 
(iv) Gregor Mendel, conducted hybridisation experiments on garden peas for seven years (1856-1863) and proposed the laws of inheritance in living organisms. 
(v) Mendel investigated characters in the garden pea plant that were manifested as two similar traits.