Before Mendel,most people would have predicted that a cross of a red rose with a yellow rose would produce ____.
A) all red roses
B) all yellow roses
C) all orange roses
D) about half yellow roses and half red roses
E) about three-fourths red roses and one-fourth yellow roses

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Before Mendel's work, the common belief was in blending inheritance, where traits from both parents would blend together in their offspring. Thus, crossing a red rose with a yellow rose was expected to produce offspring with a blended color, in this case, orange.

Before Mendel,most People Would Have Predicted That a Cross of a Red