Mendel’s manuscript discussing his pea-breeding results is considered one of the two most important scientific papers of the nineteenth century because he was the first to explain how

Question

a. genes are arranged on chromosomes in the cell.
b. meiosis controls the distribution of alleles to each gamete.
c. traits are passed from one generation to the next.
d. mutations produced the variety of alleles displayed by individuals of the same species.

Answer 1

c. traits are passed from one generation to the next.