Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 82
82. If Mendel had studied the 7 traits using a plant with 12 chromosomes instead of 14 , in what way would his interpretation have been different?
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(a) He would have discovered blending or incomplete dominance
(b) He would not have discovered the law of independent assortment
(c) He would have discovered sex linkage
(d) He could have mapped the chromosome
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Answer : b
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(b) If Mendel had studied a plant with 12 chromosomes, he would have encountered linked genes, and hence he would not have arrived at principle of independent assortment
