NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
What kind of traits did Mendel investigate in the garden pea plant?
Options
- ATraits with multiple variations
- BTraits with no variations
- CTraits with two opposing manifestations
- DTraits with random patterns
Correct answer
C. Traits with two opposing manifestations
Step-by-step solution
During Mendel’s investigations into inheritance patterns it was for the first time that statistical analysis and mathematical logic were applied to problems in biology. His experiments had a large sampling size, which gave greater credibility to the data that he collected. Also, the confirmation of his inferences from experiments on successive generations of his test plants, proved that his results pointed to general rules of inheritance rather than being unsubstantiated ideas. Mendel investigated characters in the