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How many contrasting traits of pea were studied by mendel

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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.
Statement II: Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Who is the father of Genetics? Write three laws of heredity.
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Study by Mendel did not take into consideration which of the following characteristics of garden pea.
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A pure breeding pea plant with round yellow seeds was crossed with pea plant having wrinkled green seeds. On selfing of F1, hybrid of his cross, 64 progenies were obtained in F2 generation. Find out the number of F2 progenies showing non-parental characters.
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The hybridization process of a tall round seeded plant with a dwarf wrinkled seeded plant is illustrated below

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What may be the characters that will appear in the plants produced as a result of the self pollination of the first generation?

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Which are the characters expressed in second generation ?

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Tabulate three pairs of dominant-recessive traits of pea plants as selected by Mendel. State the first law of Mendel as deducted from the experiment of a monohybrid cross.
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Among the following characters, which one was not considered by Mendel in his experiments on pea?
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The hybridization process of a tall round seeded plant with a dwarf wrinkled seeded plant is illustrated below

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Identify and fill (i) and (ii).

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Complete the illustration of the hybridisation experiment conducted by Mendel in Pea plants,

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In Pisum sativum there are 14 chromosomes. How may pairs with different chromosomal composition can be prepared
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Why was Mendel studying mostly contrasting characters?
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The crossing of a homozygous tall plant with a dwarf would yield plants in the ratio of
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Fill in the blank. Use the words given below.

(Scientists, Science, evaporates, weighs, water)

_____ perform experiments.

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A farmer sowed seeds of purple flowered pea plants and claimed that all plants in the following generation would have purple flowers. Was he right? Why/why not?
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Which of the following contributed to the success of Mendel