fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoCan't stop thinking about those peasmander.xyzimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoMendel was very very lucky that he chose the traits that he did. They happened to be single gene traits. If he had picked any number of multigene traits, it would be very difficult if not impossible to work out how simple gene inheritance works.
minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agohttps://scienceprimer.com/punnett-square-calculator This is what a 5 gene trait looks like:
minus-squareruneko@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPerhaps there were many before him that tried with multi-gene traits that were not successful, and we never heard of them.
Mendel was very very lucky that he chose the traits that he did. They happened to be single gene traits. If he had picked any number of multigene traits, it would be very difficult if not impossible to work out how simple gene inheritance works.
Lucky, or observant?
https://scienceprimer.com/punnett-square-calculator
This is what a 5 gene trait looks like:
Perhaps there were many before him that tried with multi-gene traits that were not successful, and we never heard of them.