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Biological Science 6th Edition by Scott Freeman,Kim Quillin,Lizabeth Allison,Michael Black,Greg Podgorski,Emily Taylor,Jeff Carmichael

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Biological Science 6th Edition by Scott Freeman,Kim Quillin,Lizabeth Allison,Michael Black,Greg Podgorski,Emily Taylor,Jeff Carmichael

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0134243061
Exercise 4
Mendel's rules do not correctly predict patterns of inheritance for tightly linked genes or the inheritance of alleles that show incomplete dominance. Does this mean that his hypotheses are incorrect?
A) Yes, because they are relevant to only a small number of organisms and traits.
B) Yes, because not all data support his hypotheses.
C) No, because he was not aware of meiosis or the chromosome theory of inheritance.
D) No, it just means that his hypotheses are limited to certain conditions.
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The options (a) and (b) are incorrect as...

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