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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