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Mendel said that the characteristics or traits of organisms are carried from one generation to the next by internal factors which occur in pairs. What is the modern name for these factors?

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The modern name of the factor is genes. Genes are the hereditary units which carry characteristics that are transferred from the parents to the next generation.


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