Multiple choice

A cross between pure breeding red and white flowered plants of Mirabilis was first effected by:

  1. Hugo de Vries

  2. Mendel

  3. Correns

  4. Darwin

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Carl Correns discovered incomplete dominance in Mirabilis jalapa (four o'clock plant). Red x white gave pink F1 - not pure red as Mendel expected. De Vries worked on mutation, Mendel on peas, Darwin on evolution.