CELL DIVISION
MEIOSIS AND GENETIC VARIATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Watson
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Crick
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Mendel
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Darwin
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 19th century, it was commonly believed that an organism’s traits were passed on to offspring in a blend of characteristics ‘donated’ by each parent. Heredity was poorly understood in general, and the concept of a gene did not exist at all.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gregor Mendel, OSA (1822-1884), founder of scientific genetics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Our modern understanding of how traits may be inherited through generations comes from the principles proposed by Gregor Mendel in 1865.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gregor Mendel-The First Geneticist.
Detailed explanation-5: -Known for his pea plant experiments, Mendel is now regarded as the ‘father of genetics’ because he worked out so much about how traits are passed from one generation to the next, despite living long before anyone had heard of DNA, chromosomes or genes.