SB3f Mendel Flashcards
What did Mendel discover?
the basic principles of inheritance through breeding experiments with pea plants.
What did scientists believe about offsprings characteristics?
that variations in parents merged together in their offspring.
What did Mendel observe about the many characteristics in pea plants?
they were either present or absent but did not blend.
What did Mendel observe when he crosses tall plants with short plants?
the first generation were tall, and when these tall plants were crossed together some second generation offspring were short. He concluded that inherited factors control the variation of characteristics.
Why were Mendel’s ideas ignored? (3)
.the factors could not be seen
.the factors could not link to Darwin’s theory
.chromosomes were not discovered
