Mendel's Manuscript Discussing His Pea-Breeding Results Is Considered One of the Two

question 52

Multiple Choice

Mendel's manuscript discussing his pea-breeding results is considered one of the two most important scientific papers of the nineteenth century because he was the first to explain how

• A)mutations produced the variety of alleles displayed by individuals of the same species.
• B)traits are passed from one generation to the next.
• C)meiosis controls the distribution of alleles to each gamete.
• D)genes are arranged on chromosomes in the cell.

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