Q. Which of the following observation made Mendel in refutation of the blending theory of inheritance?
A) Red plant crossed with white-the resulting progeny was pink
B) Features of offspring are not intermediate
C) Gametes carrying different type of alleles could not fuse successfully
D) After meiosis, two copies of given gene end up in the same gamete
Explanation
Mendel got only parental phenotype in the offspring. He didn’t get only intermediate result. So, he could not formulated the blending theory of inheritance or observed linkage and crossing over
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