What Is the Most Important Aspect of Mendel's Genetic Studies

question 57

Multiple Choice

What is the most important aspect of Mendel's genetic studies?

• A)Chance is the most critical factor in change.
• B)Genes controlling traits do not blend during inheritance but are transmitted as discrete entities.
• C)The traits which an organism inherits are the average of the end member alleles.
• D)If particular traits do not appear within two generations, they are lost from the species.
• E)Traits are controlled by single genes.

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