Which choice below is a basic difference between Mendel's particulate hypothesis and the blending inheritance?
a) the blending hypothesis, but not the particulate hypothesis, maintained that mutation is the major source of new gene combinations
b) the blending hypothesis, but not the particulate hypothesis, maintained that the two alleles at any given locus are always different
c) the blending hypothesis, but not the particulate hypothesis, maintained that the traits governed by genes in the egg are different from the traits governed by genes in the sperm
d) the blending hypothesis, but not the particulate hypothesis, maintained that after a mating, the genetic material provided by each of the two parents is mixed in the offspring, losing its individual identity
