Mendel’s Work (About Mendel, Reasons for success, Reasons for selecting pea plant)

Question

Identify the correct statement.

Easy

A

Inheritance is the degree by which progeny differs from their parents
B

A true breeding line is the one that undergoes continuous cross-pollination and shows the unstable trait inheritance.
C

Mendel selected 7 true-breeding pea plant varieties
D

Mendel published his results and ideas in fourth volume of “Proceedings of Natural History Society of Brunn”.

Solution

In 1866, he published his results and ideas in fourth volume of “Proceedings of Natural History Society of Brunn”. The title of the paper was “Experiments on Plant Hybridisation”.
Mendel selected 14 true-breeding pea plant varieties or 7 Pairs of contrasting trait.
A true breeding line is one that, having undergone continuous self-pollination, shows the stable trait inheritance and expression for several generations.
Variation is the degree by which progeny differs from their parents.

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