
Study by Mendel did not take into consideration which of the following characteristics of garden pea.

Important Questions on Heredity and Evolution

The hybridization process of a tall round seeded plant with a dwarf wrinkled seeded plant is illustrated below
What may be the characters that will appear in the plants produced as a result of the self pollination of the first generation?

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:




The hybridization process of a tall round seeded plant with a dwarf wrinkled seeded plant is illustrated below
Identify and fill (i) and (ii).

Why are traits acquired during the lifetime of an individual not inherited?

Which are the characters expressed in second generation ?

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

Give appropriate biological or technical terms for the following:
The condition in which a pair of chromosomes carry similar alleles of a particular character.




Phenotype.






