NEET 2017 · Class 12

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Which one from those given below is the period for Mendel's hybridisation experiments?

  1. (A)1840-1850
  2. (B)1857-1869
  3. (C)1870-1877
  4. (D)1856-1863

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Gregor Mendel, conducted hybridisation experiments on garden peas for seven years (1856-1863) and proposed the laws of inheritance in living organisms.

Chapter
Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Section
4.1 MENDEL'S LAWS OF INHERITANCE
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