NEET Biology question
Which of the following are reasons for Mendel's success? (i) Usage of pure lines or pure-breeding varieties (ii) Consideration of one character at a time (iii) Maintenance of statistical records of experiments (iv) Knowledge of linkage and incomplete dominance
Answer: (B)
Solution
Mendel's success is attributed to his use of true-breeding (pure) parental lines (i), his systematic tracking of one character at a time before combining traits (ii), and his rigorous statistical/quantitative recording of large numbers of offspring (iii). Statement (iv) is false: linkage
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