Which of the Following Observations Refutes the Theory of Blending

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following observations refutes the theory of blending inheritance?

• A) When a red plant is crossed with a white plant, the resulting offspring are pink.
• B) Most of the features of offspring are not intermediates of their parents' traits.
• C) Gametes carrying different types of alleles cannot fuse successfully.
• D) After meiosis, two copies of a given gene end up in the same gamete.

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