Question

Question 5 What was the most significant conclusion that Gregor Mendel drew from his experiments with pea plants? Traits are inherited in discrete units, and are not the results of "blending." a. b. An organism that is homozygous for many recessive traits is at a disadvantage. Recessive genes occur more frequently in the F1 than do dominant ones. C. There is considerable genetic variation in garden peas. d.

Answer 1

1.Answer = option A

Explanation ;

• Gregor mendel formulated the priciples of inheritance by conducting studies on garden peas.
• He came to certain important conclusions regarding these experiments such as ; the inheritance of each trait is determined by units/factors that are passed onto the descendants unchanged(these units now known as genes),an individual inherits one such unit from each parent for each trait,a trait may not show up on an inidvidual but still it can be passed on to the next generation.
• Mendel formulated 3 principles of genetics / laws  based on these conclusions called ; law of dominace,law of segregation and law of independent assortment.