Which of the following statements regarding inheritance in Mendel\'s plants is N

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Which of the following statements regarding inheritance in Mendel's plants is NOT true? a. b. c. d. e. yellow seeds are dominant over green purple flowers are dominant over white flowers long stem is dominant to short stem yellow pods are dominant to green pods all of the above statements are true seeds Which of the following factors is NOT true regarding Mendel's choice of a model system? a. the pea plants were monoecious b.the pea plants could make large numbers of progeny c. the pea plants were relatively easy to selectively breed d. some of his chosen traits exhibited gene linkage 2. 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Mendel's work? a. it was not appreciated by the scientific community for decades after publication b. it laid the foundation for modern genetics Mendel used a highly quantitative approach to collection and analysis of data Mendel worked with Punnett to develop a method of displaying results of plant crosses all of the above statements are true c. d. e. 4. Which of the following researchers is NOT credited with "rediscovering" Mendel's work? a. Correns b. De Vries c. von Tschermak d. Morgan 5. The gene for the ABO blood group exhibits which of the following? a. multiple alleles b. codominance C. epistasis d. both a and b 6. Which of the following conditions is due to a single, pleiotropic gene? a. Turner syndrome b. phenylketonuria c. Down syndrome d. Klinefelter syndrome 7. Birth defects due to the use of thalidomide is an example of a. phenocopy b. pleiotropy c. epistatis d. quantitative trait

Explanation / Answer

1. Option D is correct.
In garden pea, yellow pods are recessive to green pods.

2. Option D is correct.
None of the traits chosen by Mendel exhibited by linkage.

3. Option E is correct.
All the given statements are correct with respect to Mendel's work.

4. Option D is correct.
Three botanists, Hugo DeVries, Carl Correns and Erich von Tschermak independently rediscovered Mendel's work.

5. Option D is correct.
ABO blood groups exhibit multiple allelism and codominance.

6. Option B is correct.
Phenylketonuria is an example of pleiotropy.

7. Option A is correct.
Birth defects due to the use of thalidomide is an example of phenocopy.

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