True or false on heredity

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Mendel counted plants showing each trait.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   The F1 cross gave medium-height plants.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Humans have 22 pairs of other chromosomes.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A woman carries one X and one Y.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Tailless mice have tailless young.

6. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Deeper fossils are older than shallow ones.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation