Explaining inheritance: Mendel and beyond
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- Q1Who investigated the inheritance of traits in pea plants in the 1850s and 1860s?Francis CrickMarie Maynard DalyRosalind FranklinGregor Mendel30s
- Q2True or false? Mendel suggested that the traits he investigated were linked to heritable alleles.falsetrueTrue or False30s
- Q3Mendel investigated inheritance of flower colour. The allele for purple flowers is dominant (P), and for white flowers is recessive (p). What colour flowers will a Pp plant have?a blend of purple and whitepurplewhite30s
- Q4Mendel bred two pea plants, as shown in the Punnett square. He called the offspring the F1 generation. How many of the F1 generation plants are likely to have white flowers?Users enter free textType an Answer30s
- Q5Mendel bred two of the F1 generation plants, as shown in the Punnett square. He called the offspring the F2 generation. He showed that the ratio of purple to white flowered F2 plants was ______:1.Users enter free textType an Answer30s
- Q6Starting with the earliest, put the scientific discoveries in order.Users link answersLinking30s
