Gregor Johann Mendel was a scientist, Augustinian friar, and Abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel was born in a German-speaking family in today's Czech Republic. Mendel's pea plant experiments conducted between 1856 and 1863 established many of the rules of heredity, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance. Mendel worked with seven characteristics of pea plants: plant height, pod shape and color, seed shape and color, and flower position and color. Taking seed color as an example, Mendel showed that when a true-breeding yellow pea and a true-breeding green pea were cross-bred their offspring always produced yellow seeds. However, in the next generation, the green peas reappeared at a ratio of 1 green to 3 yellow. To explain this, Mendel coined the terms “recessive” and “dominant” in reference to certain traits. He published his work in 1866, demonstrating that invisible factors, now called genes, determine the traits of an organism.

Question

Although the science of heredity established by Mendel has been greatly modified over the last 160 years, Mendel's work provided the basis for many biotechnology applications used today. They include ALL BUT ONE of those listed here.
Responses
A development of the human genome projectdevelopment of the human genome project
B forensic science and DNA fingerprintingforensic science and DNA fingerprinting
C radioactive isotope dating of fossil remainsradioactive isotope dating of fossil remains
D transgenic crops: breeding plants to produce specific desirable traits

Answer 1

The correct answer is C: radioactive isotope dating of fossil remains.

Mendel's work on heredity and genetics laid the foundation for many areas in biotechnology, including the human genome project, forensic science, and transgenic crops. However, radioactive isotope dating is a technique used in geology and archaeology to determine the age of materials, which is not directly related to Mendelian genetics or heredity.