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NDA 2019 GAT · General Knowledge · Genetics and Heredity · easy

Gregor Mendel experimented with pea plants and studied how many pairs of contrasting characters?

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Gregor Mendel experimented with pea plants and studied how many pairs of contrasting characters?
  1. A. Seven
  2. B. Two
  3. C. Five
  4. D. Nine
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Answer: (A) Seven

Mendel selected seven pairs of clear contrasting characters in the garden pea, such as tall and dwarf plants, round and wrinkled seeds, and yellow and green seeds. Two characters is the number in his dihybrid experiments, which is where the confusion arises.
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