| Direction Read the following and answer the questions from given below Mendel is known as the 'Father of Genetics' because of his ground breaking work on inheritance in pea plants 150 years ago. At the age of 21 Mendel while working in a monastery in Brunn (now in the Czech Republic) began a series of experiments in their botanical garden. He found out how traits are passed from one generation to another, i.e. inheritance. He studied this in peas [Pisum satwum) because they are easy to grow and can be shown each year. |
| (i) During the experiments, Mendel called genes by the term |
A) traits
B) characters
C) factors
D) qualities
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
[c] Mendel proposed that inheritance is controlled by paired germinal units or factors, now called genes. They are present in all cells of the body and are transferred to the next generation through gametes. Factors or genes are thus, physical basis of heredity. They represent small segments of chromosomes.
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