Gregor Mendel established the concept of dominant and recessivegenes and characteristics. According to Mendel’s law when crossingtwo inbred lines, 75% of the offspring should show dominant and 25%recessive characteristics. In his 19th century work studyinginheritance of seed form in peas, Mendel observed 7,324individuals, 5,474 of which had dominant characteristics.
a. Does this support or contradict Mendel’s law? Explain.
b. If the observation would be 5,566 (out of 7,324), would it belikely that his conjecture is true, i.e., 75% percent would showdominant characteristics? Explain.
