True or false on inheritance

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Mendel worked on garden peas.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Mendel used small sample sizes.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Factors occur in pairs.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Alleles blend together in the F1.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A gamete receives only one of two factors.

6. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A dihybrid cross gives a 3 to 1 ratio.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation