Mendel observed that certain character did not assort independently. Later, scientist found that this is due to:

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Mendel observed that certain character did not assort independently. Later, scientist found that this is due to: (A) linkage in traits (B) crossing over (C) both (a) and (b) (D) dominance of one trait over the other

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Mendel studied 7 contrasting character of garden pea, Pisum sdtivum, which were present on 4 chromosomes. A pea plant is having 14 chromosomes as diploid. number. If the chromosome would have been 12, it means that they should be present on 6 chromosome this suggest that the 2 or more characters are linked. So, later researches found it to be so due to linked character (linkage).

Q. Mendel observed that certain character did not assort independently. Later, scientist found that this is due to:

linkage in traits

crossing over

both (a) and (b)

dominance of one trait over the other