Chapter 3, Problem 2TPSQ

Summary Introduction

To explain:

The reason that why was Mendel’s success dependent on his studying characteristics that exhibit only two easily distinguished phenotypes, such as white versus gray seed coats and round versus wrinkled seeds.

Introduction:

Gregor Johann Mendel is known as the father of genetics as he discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance through experiments on pea plant. He concluded that genes pass from parents to offsprings in pairs and inherited one from each parent by the offsprings as distinct units.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Would he have been less successful if he had instead studied traits such as seed weight or leaf length, which vary much more in their phenotypes.

Introduction:

Gregor Johann Mendel is known as the father of genetics as he discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance through experiments on pea plant. Garden pea was an ideal choice for the Mendel’s experiment. He chose easy observable traits that were simple and not subjective such as seed shape, color, plant height, and flower color.