What Was the Most Significant Conclusion That Gregor Mendel Drew

question 51

Multiple Choice

What was the most significant conclusion that Gregor Mendel drew from his experiments with pea plants?

• A) There is considerable genetic variation in garden peas.
• B) Traits are inherited in discrete units, and are not the results of "blending."
• C) Recessive genes occur more frequently in the F₁ generation than do dominant ones.
• D) Genes are composed of DNA.
• E) An organism that is homozygous for many recessive traits is at a disadvantage.

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Definitions:

Monopolistically Competitive

A commercial structure where many entities vend offerings that are similar in nature but not the same, allowing for slight dominance in the market.

Productive Efficiency

A state where a system can't produce more of one good without reducing the output of another, utilizing resources in the most cost-effective way.

Economic Profit

The discrepancy between the total sales of a corporation and its cumulative expenditures, including both manifest and concealed costs.

Productive Inefficiency

A situation in which a firm or economy is not producing goods and services at the lowest possible cost, often due to misallocation of resources or other factors.