With respect to the experiments performed by Mendel on pea plants, how many can be classified as traits of a character?
Axial flower, yellow pod, flower position, pod shape, terminal flower, wrinkled seed, tall plant, white flower, seed shape.
Characters are inheritable features that vary among individuals whereas traits are the variants of the inheritable characters. For example, the height of a plant is a character whereas tall or short are the traits for the character 'height'. There are 6 traits mentioned above, namely - axial flower position, yellow pod colour, terminal flower, wrinkled seed, tall plant, white flower.
Flower position, pod shape, seed shape are characters.