In Mendel's time, most people believed that:?

A. all genetic traits bred true.





B. only certain forms of domesticated plants and animals bred true.





C. the characteristics of parents were blended in the offspring.





D. Acquired characteristics were inherited.





E. The inheritance of traits was controlled by blood.

In Mendel's time, most people believed that:?
E. The inheritance of traits was controlled by blood. is correct:





"Veterinary Dictionary: pangenesis


A now discarded hypothesis about heredity stating that the whole organism reproduces itself through all of its parts. The proposed mechanism is based on the supposed existence of gemmules in the blood each of them representing a cell of the body and each of them throws off an atom which is inherited by an offspring."


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