ID: Class: 12 Subject: Biology Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation Type: Short (SA) Year: 2025

Question:

Gregor Mendel conducted hybridisation experiments in garden pea for seven years and proposed the law of inheritance.
(a) Why was he successful in his hybridisation experiments ? Give two reasons.
(b) State the law of independent assortment as proposed by Mendel after his dihybrid crosses.