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It is said that Mendel proposed that the factor controlling any character is discrete and independent. This proposition was based on the ______.
Options
observations that the offspring of a cross made between the plants having two contrasting characters shows only one character without any blending
self pollination of F1 offsprings
cross pollination of parental generations
All of these
Solution
It is said that Mendel proposed that the factor controlling any character is discrete and independent. This proposition was based on the observations that the offspring of a cross made between the plants having two contrasting characters shows only one character without any blending.
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