Question

Mendel, based on his work put forward

• A. Two principles of inheritance
• B. Three principles of inheritance
• C. Four principles of inheritance
• D. Five principles of inheritance

Answer 1

The correct option is B Three principles of inheritance

Gregor Mendel, father of genetics enunciated three principles of inheritance:
1. Law of dominance - one factor in the pair of traits dominates the other in inheritance unless both factors in the pair are recessive.
2. Law of Segregation - during the production of gametes the two copies of each heredity factors segregate, so that the offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
3. Law of independent assortment - Laws of chance govern which particular characteristics of the parental pairs will occur in each individual offspring.