MENDEL’S EARLY EXPERIMENTS CHALLENGED THE CENTRAL PREMISE UPON WHI...

62) Mendel’s early experiments challenged the central premise upon which previous ideas about

inheritance had rested. This was the premise that

A) there is only one gene for each trait.

B) there are two genes for each trait.

C) offspring can inherit only those traits that are displayed by their parents.

D) white seeds are dominant.

E) some traits are dominant and some are recessive.

Answer: C

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Topic: 2.3 Fundamental Genetics

Type: (Factual)