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What are contributions of Mendel for inheritance of traits? |
| Answer» Gregor\xa0Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of\xa0inheritance. He deduced that genes come in pairs and are\xa0inherited\xa0as distinct units, one from each parent.\xa0Mendel\xa0tracked the segregation of parental genes and their appearance in the offspring as dominant or recessive\xa0traits.\xa0Mendel\xa0carried out his key experiments\xa0using\xa0the garden pea, Pisum sativum, as a model system. Pea plants make a convenient system for\xa0studies\xa0of\xa0inheritance, and they are still\xa0studied\xa0by some geneticists today. | |