Question

Mendel knew about the discovery of the nuclein in cell at the time when he conducted his famous experiments on the pea plants.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Mendel's experiment and theories came out during 1850s. This was way before when Friedrich Miescher isolated the compound nuclein in 1869 from cell. Mendel assumed a hereditary factor to be involved in inheritance of traits from one generation to the other.