State the role of heredity and historical background.
Humans knew from as early as $8000-1000$ $B.C$. that one of the causes of variation was hidden in sexual reproduction. They exploited the variations that were naturally present in the wild populations of plants and animals to selectively breed and select for organisms that possessed desirable characters.
For example, through artificial selection and domestication from ancestral wild cows, we have well-known Indian breeds, e.g., Sahiwal cows in Punjab. We must, however, recognise that though our ancestors knew about the inheritance of characters and variation, they had very little idea about the scientific basis of these phenomena.
Mention the contribution of Gregor Mendel ? Mention the reasons for his success.
Mendel chose the pea plant to study genetics because of many qualities. One of them which he did not consider was
What is the practical utility of genetics
Which plant is used as a model system in the study of plant genetic
Alleles are form of