Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.
Statement II : Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
- BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
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Correct answer: A
Gregor J. Mendel, conducted hybridisation experiments on garden peas and selected 14 true breeding pea plant varieties (seven contrasting traits). Contrasting traits studied were smooth or wrinkled seeds, yellow or green seeds, inflated on constricted pods, green or yellow pods, tall or dwarf plants, violet or white flowers and axial or terminal flower positions.
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