Do the principles discovered by Mendel for discontinuous traits also apply to the inheritance of traits that exhibit continuous variation? Why or why not?
A) Yes. The environmental factors that control continuous traits also control discontinuous traits according to Mendel's principles.
B) Yes. Quantitative characteristics can be explained by additive effects of multiple genes, but the behavior of each gene can be determined by Mendel's principles.
C) No. Continuous traits are controlled by both genes and the environment and, therefore, Mendel's principles would not apply.
D) No. Discontinuous traits are the result of multiple genes that have additive effects and the behavior of continuous traits as defined by Mendel is the result of just a few loci.
E) No. Mendel's principles of inheritance cannot be applied to quantitative traits because they do not involve dominance relationships.

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Mendel's principles can be applied to continuous traits because these traits are often controlled by multiple genes, each following Mendelian inheritance, and their additive effects result in continuous variation.

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