Mendel's Experiment with Peas

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Mendel's Experiment with Peas: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Mendel's Experiment with Peas, Characteristics of Pea Plants and, Life Story of Gregor Mendel

Important Questions on Mendel's Experiment with Peas

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Write a note on the life history of Mendel.

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Give the reasons for the selection of pea plants by Mendel in his experiments.

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Mendel's experiment on sweet pea plants with yellow round seeds (YYRR) and green wrinkled seeds (yyrr). Explain with in detail with the help of the schematic diagram given below. 

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Name the phenotypes produced in F2 progeny upon self-pollination of F1 progeny.

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Mendel's experiment on sweet pea plants with yellow round seeds (YYRR) and green wrinkled seeds (yyrr). Explain it in detail and give the F2 progeny ratio.

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Why did Mendel use pea plants in his experiments?

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What was Mendel's experiment with pea plants?

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Who is Gregor Mendel?

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Write the names of any two scientists who worked in the field of genetics.

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What can be learnt from the study of fossils? 

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A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding tall pea plants bearing violet flowers with short pea plants bearing white flowers. The progeny all bore violet flowers, but almost half of them were short. This suggests that the genetic make-up of the tall parent can be depicted as

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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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Which of the following is dominant character according to Mendel

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Mendel was the native of:

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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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The main reason of Mendel’s success in discovering the principles of inheritance was

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Which of the following contributed to the success of Mendel

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How many contrasting traits of pea were studied by mendel

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Mendel published the results of his experiments in the year

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In a cross between AABB × aabb, the ratio of F2 genotypes between AABB, AaBB, Aabb and aabb would be