If Mendel had studied the seven traits using a plant with 1…

Biology Principles of Inheritance and Variation Skill Builder Single Correct MCQ

Published on: August 21, 2026

If Mendel had studied the seven traits using a plant with 12 chromosomes instead of 14, in what way his interpretation have been different?

He would not have discovered the law of independent assortment

He would have discovered sex-linkage

He could have mapped all the chromosomes of pea plant

He could have discovered principle of blending inheritance

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Mendel studied seven traits in pea plants and pea plants have 14 chromosomes, i.e., seven in haploid. This means Mendel studied one gene on a chromosome. However if there would have been 12 chromosomes, i.e., six in haploid then any two of the genes would have been on a single chromosome. In this case, Mendel would have discovered linkage instead of independent assortment.

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