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This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines.  What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendel’s experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.
Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third. 
Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.
The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustrate 
  • a)
    How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.
  • b)
    An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.
  • c)
    That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species. 
  • d)
    An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.
  • e)
    Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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A
How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.
This choice states the result of the experiment but not the purpose
B
An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.
Reword of the purpose of entity as derived in question analysis.
C
That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species. 
Proof of cross fertilizing extremely distinct species is outside the scope of the passage.
D
An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.
The fact stated in this choice is opposite to what is stated in the passage.
E
Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.
While this fact is true, it is not the purpose of why Nageli’s experiment is mentioned in the passage.
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This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendels experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called factors, one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendels plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nagelis experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendels law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The primary purpose of the passage is to

This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendel’s experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation. Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendels plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third. Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors. According to the passage, all of the following about Mendel’s dominant factors are true except

This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendels experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called factors, one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendels plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nagelis experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendels law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.According to the passage, which of the following is not true about genes?

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This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendel’s experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendel’s experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? for GMAT 2024 is part of GMAT preparation. 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The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for GMAT 2024 Exam. 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The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?.
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A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. 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The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendel’s experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendel’s experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice This much was well known that the purpose of a gene is to store the recipe for making proteins and that we inherit from our parents a gigantic list of recipes for making proteins and protein-making machines. What was not clear as late as the early 20th century until Gregor Mendel’s experiments were published and understood was that when crossed, the expression of these genes skipped a generation.Mendel discovered that when white flower and purple flower plants are crossed, the result is not a blend. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one of which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. Mendel crossed over 29,000 plants including inflated seed pods with wrinkled seed pods, green unripe pods with yellow unripe pods, and axial flowers with terminal flowers. In every case the resulting hybrids were just like one parent with the essence of other parent missing. However, as these hybrids were allowed to self-fertilize, the essence of the recessed parent re-appeared in exactly one third of the cases. This re-appearance is called the law of thirds. This law is not just obeyed in plants but also in every living species as demonstrated by Nageli’s experiment on crossing angora cats with another breed. Nageli observed that the angora coat disappeared in the next generation but re-appeared in the kittens in the third.Mendel’s law has been put to a variety of uses such as selecting the right plants to hybridize to get the desired mix of dominant factors. A surprising use of the law has been to explain Alkaptonuria in which the patients suffered from arthritis and their urine and the ear wax turned reddish black upon exposure to air. Rare in the general population but frequent in children of first-cousin marriages, the incidence of Alkaptonuria is attributed to expression of recessive factors.The author mentions Nageli’s experiment to illustratea)How unique property of the Angora cat – its fur can be transferred to another cat species.b)An example of the validity of law of thirds in other living organisms.c)That it is possible to cross fertilize extremely distinct species.d)An instance in which the recessive factor dominates the first offspring.e)Demonstrate how selective species when cross hybridized could lead to an offspring with extremely desirable characteristics.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice GMAT tests.
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