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Assertion : Mendel was successful in knowing the process of inheritance.
Reason: He considered a single character at one time

A

Both Assertion and Reason ae true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion

C

Assertion is true, but the Reason is false

D

Assertion is false, but the Reason is true

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Althogh hybridisation experiments were conducted earlier by workrs like Knight (1799), Goss(1824) and J Kolreuter, but they considered the individual as a whole complex of characters. Mendel's success was mainly based on the fact that he considered a single character at one time.
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