Question

a) on what rules inheritance is based? b) Is each traits influencd by both patenal and maternal DNA.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a)The law of inheritance was proposed by Gregor Mendel after conducting experiments on pea plants for seven years. The Mendel’s laws of inheritance include law of dominance, law of segregation and law of independent assortment. The law of segregation states that every individual possesses two alleles and only one allele is passed on to the offspring.

b)Inheritance rules are based on the fact that both the father and the mother equally contribute genetic material to their child, which means every characteristic that is inherited is influenced by the paternal and maternal DNA. Hence, for each trait, there are two versions in each child, one from the father and the other from the mother