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2. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance - Part 1 of 2

2. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance - Part 1 of 2

2. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance / Inheritance in Diploids and Haploids / Problem 5

Which of the following statements about inheritance is true?

ANSWERS OPTIONS

A

Diploid organisms can only inherit one allele for each gene.

B

Haploid organisms cannot inherit any allele for a gene.

C

Diploid organisms inherit two alleles for each gene, one from each parent.

D

Haploid organisms inherit two alleles for each gene, one from each parent.

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