Question : Mendel studied inheritance for seven pairs of characters in pea. For a study of independent assortment, seven characters can be arranged in 21 possible pairs. If you are told that inone of these of 21 pairs, independent assortment was not observed in repeated later studies, what would be your reaction?

Question : Mendel studied inheritance for seven pairs of characters in

1.	Question : Mendel studied inheritance for seven pairs of characters in pea. For a study of independent assortment, seven characters can be arranged in 21 possible pairs. If you are told that inone of these of 21 pairs, independent assortment was not observed in repeated later studies, what would be your reaction?
Answer» It is impossible All the later workers must have committed mstakes Mendel MIGHT not have studied cell with 21 combinations Mendel's principle of independent ASSORTMENT may be WRONG Answer :D