At first, the most important conflict between Darwin's and Mendel's theories appeared to be that ____
a. Mendel's theory was based on experimentation while Darwin's was based on observation
b. Mendel's experiments were based on simple traits while Darwin's evidence was based on complex
characteristics
c. Mendel's experiments were unbiased, while Darwin set out to prove evolution by natural selection
d. Mendel's experiments were based on peas while Darwin used a variety of examples
e. Darwin was a scientist while Mendel was a monk
ANSWER: b
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a. true b. false