Gregor Mendel knew that some traits could be closely associated. Mendel said that those traits were essentially the same trait. Mendel could be including traits that were very closely linked or that were due to the same genetic factor. Did he need to distinguish between these two possibilities in order to reject them as evidence for his Law of Independent Assortment? Why or why not?
Genetic Variation
Genetic variation refers to the variation in the genome sequences between individual organisms of a species. Individual differences or population differences can both be referred to as genetic variations. It is primarily caused by mutation, but other factors such as genetic drift and sexual reproduction also play a major role.
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative genetics is the part of genetics that deals with the continuous trait, where the expression of various genes influences the phenotypes. Thus genes are expressed together to produce a trait with continuous variability. This is unlike the classical traits or qualitative traits, where each trait is controlled by the expression of a single or very few genes to produce a discontinuous variation.
Gregor Mendel knew that some traits could be closely associated. Mendel said that those traits were essentially the same trait.
Mendel could be including traits that were very closely linked or that were due to the same genetic factor. Did he need to distinguish between these two possibilities in order to reject them as evidence for his Law of Independent Assortment? Why or why not?
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