Question

Mendel thought that the characteristics of pea plants are determined by the ______.

Options

• inheritance of units or factors from both parents

• inheritance of units or factors from one parent

• relative health of the parent plants at the time of pollination

• none of the above

Answer 1

Mendel thought that the characteristics of pea plants are determined by the inheritance of units or factors from both parents.

Explanation:

Mendel proposed that characteristics are controlled by discrete units called factors (now known as genes). He discovered that an offspring receives one factor from each parent during fertilization, meaning the traits are determined by inheritance from both parents.