JAMB - Biology (2017 - No. 41)
Gregor Mendel is regarded as the father of ______
variation
genetics
mycology
natural selection
Spiegazione
Gregor Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance.
He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent. Mendel tracked the segregation of parental genes and their appearance in the offspring as dominant or recessive traits.
He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent. Mendel tracked the segregation of parental genes and their appearance in the offspring as dominant or recessive traits.