NEET Biology question

Statement 1 (Assertion): Mendel conducted artificial pollination experiments for his genetic studies using true-breeding pea lines. Statement 2 (Reason): A true-breeding line shows stable trait inheritance and expression for several generations.

(A)Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertionCorrect
(B)Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
(C)Assertion is true but reason is false
(D)Both assertion and reason are false

Answer: (A)

Solution

Mendel did indeed carry out controlled, artificial (hand) pollination experiments on garden pea using carefully selected true-breeding (pure) lines (Statement 1 is true). The reason this choice mattered is precisely that true-breeding lines reliably produce

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