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With which organism did Mendel conduct his experiments with?
Pea Plants
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What is hybridization in genetics?
The cross-breeding of different homozygous individuals for the studied trait
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What is Mendel's first law?
Mendel’s First Law postulates that a characteristic (trait) of an individual is always determined by two factors, one inherited from the father and the other from the mother
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What was the resulting ratio when Mendel crossed a homozygous dominant purple flower and a homozygous recessive white flower?
3:1 Ratio
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Give 2 reasons why Mendel used Pea Plants for his experiments?
They had many different visible traits
They were easy to grow Their mating was easy to control They grew quickly and in large amounts |