
Mendel selected garden peas as his experimental material because
(i) Pea plants possess a number of well defined contrasting characters.
(ii) Pea plants contain unisexual flowers.
(iii) Pea plants have perfect bisexual flowers.
(iv) These are annual plants.
(i) Pea plants possess a number of well defined contrasting characters.
(ii) Pea plants contain unisexual flowers.
(iii) Pea plants have perfect bisexual flowers.
(iv) These are annual plants.


Important Questions on Heredity and Evolution
Two species of hen and breed in the month of April and November respectively. They cannot interbreed due to………….

Refer to the given figure. It shows bones of wings of two animals and . These wings are structures.
Select the option that correctly identifies and .
X | Y | Z | |
(A) | Bat | Bird | Analogous |
(B) | Bat | Insect | Homologous |
(C) | Bird | Bat | Homologous |
(D) | Bird | Insect | Analogous |




Pure breeding pea plants with green pods are crossed with pure breeding pea plants with yellow pods. All the generation plants have green pods. Plants from the generation are allowed to be interbred. What colour of pods will be observed in generation plants?


The given figure shows undisturbed sedimentary strata at the bottom of an ocean. The fossil found in layer Y resembles the fossil found in layer X. This similarity most likely suggests that
