Answer: During Gregory Mendel’s time, scientist believed:
A. The traits of a child’s parents were blended in the offspring, producing a child with intermediate
characteristics (hybrid)
a. Ex: Giraffe = a cross from a camel and a leopard.
B. Because the eggs are much larger than the sperm, some scientists believed that the female had a greater
influence on the characteristics of the offspring than the male.
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