MHT CET Biology question

Mendel was successful in discovering the principles of inheritance as

(A)He took pea plants for his experiments
(B)He did not encounter linkage between the genes for the characters he consideredCorrect
(C)He had an indepth knowledge on hybridization
(D)He was a famous mathematician

Answer: (B)

Solution

The seven characters he chose lay on different chromosomes (or far apart), so linkage did not disturb independent assortment and the ratios were clear;

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