Mendel Selected Seven Traits in Pea Plants to Study

question 57

Multiple Choice

Mendel selected seven traits in pea plants to study. Why were his results relatively easy to interpret, even though he was examining seven distinct traits?

• A) All seven traits were easy to characterize.
• B) The seven alleles segregated independently from each other.
• C) Peas are easy to raise and have short life cycles.
• D) He knew enough mathematics to apply rules of probability to his results.

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