alleryWhat did Mendel do first, that earlier students of inheritance had not?
ACounted individuals per trait
BCrossed unrelated wild species
CColoured the flowers by hand
DCultured the seeds in glass
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Counted individuals per trait
1. Many others had studied the inheritance of traits in peas before him.
2. Mendel was the first one to keep count of individuals exhibiting a particular trait in each generation.
3. This counting let him arrive at the laws of inheritance.
_Source: syllabus Science, Ch 9 'Heredity and Evolution'_
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